Singer Eddi Reader: son 'fears' wearing Yes t-shirt after indy 'racist' slur

The Scots singer said her son was told by the taxi driver that 'Yes Scots were racist' when he got into a cab with two friends from Bristol.

She told her Twitter followers that her son has 'begun to fear' wearing his Yes t-shirt following the incident.

son has began 2 fear walking around wi a YES t-shirt after getting a cab wi 2 Bristol pals & NO voting driver told them YESscots were racsit

— Eddi Reader (@eddireader) February 3, 2016

@firstfinequine I think it was his night out in Edinburgh.. but it could have been glesga.. I will ask

— Eddi Reader (@eddireader) February 3, 2016

Reader, a prominent advocate for Yes Scotland, added that her son had not realised what t-shirt he was wearing when he got into the taxi.

my son (a musician) unconsciously shoves t shirts on that are lying about...he only noticed it was on him when driver pointed it out

— Eddi Reader (@eddireader) February 3, 2016

The singer and her son have received a lot of support on social media, with some claiming to have had similar experiences.

@eddireader A No Voter using intimidation to make your son feel bad about his politics. I'm shocked...nah, not really happens all the time

— Fr Jeb (@FrJeb) February 3, 2016

@eddireader :(

— Raiph Says ☔ (@raiphsays) February 3, 2016

@eddireader he'll be welcome in my taxi anytime ,#taxiforall

— Alan Cochrane (@blackhackglesga) February 3, 2016

@eddireader Sounds very much that the Driver is the one with the problem nit your Som.

— Fr Jeb (@FrJeb) February 3, 2016

@eddireader These people really need to get a dictionary and look up the word racist, and maybe bigot whilst they're at it.

— Turning Jockanese (@D_Westin) February 3, 2016

@eddireader Except he's not and he knows it isn't true.

— SeeYouSueYouSoYou (@AKMacG) February 3, 2016

However, others suggested that the taxi driver may have meant the comment to be ironic.

@eddireader Dinnae wish to judge, but I wudnae be surprised if there's a deep irony in that drivers words, just from my experience of NOers.

— G. Fleming (@GraFleming1) February 3, 2016

Scots voted to remain in the UK in the independence referendum, with 55% backing the union.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has not ruled out the possibility of a second independence referendum. However, she has said that public opinion will have to change before the SNP hold a second ballot.