Draft article: Lucy Jackson 2026-08-08 11:44

A SCOTTISH Greens MSP has said their comments have been "clearly misrepresented" by Reform after they were accused of "trivialising the trauma of rape". Q Manivannan, MSP for the Edinburgh and Lothians East Region, has responded following comments they made in a clip which circulated on social media on Saturday. In the 23-second clip, which is part of a longer interview, the MSP and sociologist said: "There definitely is a demonisation of rape, in the sense that it is a spectrum". READ MORE: Scottish island's only Post Office forced to close after 'large sum of cash' stolen The clip was shared by an account which called for Manivannan, who is Indian, to be "deported back to India". Reform have called on the Scottish Greens to suspend the whip from Manivannan and launch an investigation fol