MP Susan Murray may stay in Scotland if Donald Trump addresses UK Parliament

A caller Liberal Democrat MP has said she may stay distant from Parliament if Donald Trump is invited to springiness an code there.

Susan Murray, who won the Mid Dumbartonshire spot successful July, said she “might beryllium successful Scotland” if the president-elect was invited to code some Houses of Parliament successful London.

Her comments came aft Reform UK person Nigel Farage said Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle had already invited Mr Trump to springiness an address

Urging the UK to “roll retired the reddish carpet” for the president-elect, Mr Farage said past week that helium was “pleased” the Speaker “has made a commencement by inviting Donald Trump to travel and code some Houses of Parliament”.

Ms Murray was asked however she and her chap MPs would support Lib Dem values if Mr Trump was to visit.

Speaking astatine the Scottish Liberal Democrat league successful Perth, she said to laughter from enactment supporters: “I deliberation if helium comes to Parliament that is unluckily connected a time I mightiness beryllium successful Scotland.”

Ms Murray added that Lib Dems, who won 72 seats crossed the UK successful July’s wide election, would support “sticking up for our values”.

Fellow MP Christine Jardine, who is the party’s Scottish spokeswoman astatine Westminster, said MPs indispensable beryllium “vary careful” not to harm the narration betwixt the UK and the US due to the fact that of immoderate dislike of Mr Trump.

The Edinburgh West MP told the conference: “The occupation we person now, present helium has been elected president of the United States, if determination is simply a authorities sojourn we person to beryllium precise careful.

“We tin entity to Trump but we person to retrieve that the Americans are not conscionable our top ally but our trading partner, and we person to beryllium precise cautious that we bash not harm that relationship, peculiarly erstwhile we are trying to transportation Trump to beryllium much supportive towards Ukraine.”

Mr Trump made a authorities sojourn to the UK successful 2019, during his archetypal play successful the White House, erstwhile helium met the Queen and different elder royals, arsenic good past premier curate Theresa May.