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Alex Neil said while there must still be focus on tackling the coronavirus pandemic after Thursday’s election, there “is no reason why we should not also be pursuing our constitutional demands at the same time”.

SNP MSP will today launch a bid to protect the families of homicide victims from having to endure multiple post-mortems on their loved ones – after a campaign by the relatives of Paige Doherty and Shaun Woodburn.Gil Paterson is trying to end the anxiety caused to grieving relatives when several post-mortems are carried out on murder and homicide victims.This can often be ordered by the defence lawyers of the accused in such cases – but causes unspeakable pain for the families involved as they can’t bury their loved ones.Paterson will launch his private member’s Bill at Holyrood today aimed at ending the practice.He said: “This is a simple but crucial measure which will ease the distress of families already enduring their worst

Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherAn SNP MSP has sparked fury – and been branded a misogynist – after mocking former Scottish Conservative MP Ruth Davidson over her weight.Gil Paterson, 71 – who is the SNP MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie – has been slammed by fellow MPs and from members of the public on Twitter after hitting out at the recent new mother, 41.He caused anger when he shared a doctored image of comedians Laurel and Hardy which mocked Davidson and new Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross.The image was re-tweeted by the SNP MSP then subsequently un-re-tweeted following a backlash, but the image still appears under his "liked" tweets.Paterson’s comments come after Davidson – who