SNP MP Margaret Ferrier suspended for taking train after positive Covid test
Ferrier travelled from London to Scotland knowing she had coronavirus
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An SNP MP has been suspended from her party and faced multiple calls to resign after taking a train from London to Scotland knowing that she had tested positive for Covid-19.
Margaret Ferrier, the SNP MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, apologised unreservedly for major breaches of Covid regulations. It emerged that it was nearly two days after receiving the positive result that she told her party whip.
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