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Torcuil Crichton

SNP MP Hannah Bardell opens up on being threatened for holding hands with her same-sex partner

A Scottish MP has detailed how she had to call the police after being abused for holding hands in public with her same-sex partner.

Hannah Bardell said she had faced threats in Scotland simply because she was a lesbian.

Speaking during a debate on 50 years of Pride in the UK, the Livingston MP told the Commons of the hostile reaction she had received in public.

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