But it’s only now that she’s in Washington, as the BBC’s new North America editor, that she has spoken publicly about what she experienced while working in Scotland. Smith suffered “bile, hatred and misogyny” at the hands of her countrymen and women, she said. She was “demonised quite heavily… amongst certain parts of the population”, she added.
Smith hasn’t said who meted out this vile abuse. But given that she’s also the eldest daughter of the late John Smith, the former Labour leader and life-long opponent of the SNP, I doubt if there’s anyone in Scotland who doesn’t have an inkling about who might have been responsible – supporters of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP government. Indeed, an SNP MSP claimed yesterday that Smith had “imagined” the hate she says she was exposed to…
But it’s only now that she’s in Washington, as the BBC’s new North America editor, that she has spoken publicly about what she experienced while working in Scotland. Smith suffered “bile, hatred and misogyny” at the hands of her countrymen and women, she said. She was “demonised quite heavily… amongst certain parts of the population”, she added.
Smith hasn’t said who meted out this vile abuse. But given that she’s also the eldest daughter of the late John Smith, the former Labour leader and life-long opponent of the SNP, I doubt if there’s anyone in Scotland who doesn’t have an inkling about who might have been responsible – supporters of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP government. Indeed, an SNP MSP claimed yesterday that Smith had “imagined” the hate she says she was exposed to…