A Glasgow MSP has said society should stop “fawning over privilege” in the wake of the latest Royal baby birth.
Patrick Harvie Green MSP for Glasgow, lodged an amendment to a motion congratulating the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their new baby, calling for an end to the “fetishising and fawning” over those who enjoy a life of privilege.
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The declared republican responded to a motion by Conservative MSP, Alexander Stewart, which was signed by 13 Tory colleagues.
The Green MSP proposed an amendment which, while extending congratulations to William and Kate, would also congratulate the parents of all the other babies born on St George’s Day but sadly would be raised in and live in poverty.
He went on to say that politicians and media should stop fetishizing privilege and fawning over those who enjoyed that lifestyle.
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Mr Harvie’s amendment said: “Congratulates the parents of the thousands of children born in the UK on the same day, but expresses profound dismay that, it understands, an estimated 30 per cent of them will be born into poverty, and believes that what it considers the scandalous level of poverty and inequality in society is unlikely to be corrected until politicians and media outlets stop fetishising privilege and fawning over those who enjoy it.”
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