‘Queer Tamil immigrant’ elected as Scottish Green MSP to pocket £77k a year despite not having right to work

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‘Queer Tamil immigrant' elected as Scottish Green MSP to pocket £77k a year despite not having right to work.

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A self-described "queer Tamil immigrant", who has been elected as a Scottish Green MSP, will earn £77,711 a year despite not having the right to work in the UK.

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Non-binary PhD student Q Mannivannan was allowed to stand after the Scottish Government relaxed legislation to allow non-UK citizens to represent Britons.The candidate won the Edinburgh & Lothians East Holyrood seat on Friday, along with fellow Scottish Greens candidate Iris Duane in Glasgow.Addressing supporters after winning the seat, the student said: "My name is Dr Q Manivannan, I am a transgender Tamil immigrant, my pronouns are they/them.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "I am to some in this country everything that the hateful despise and I am standing here as your MSP now with care."They say politics is the art of the possible, a politics of care I would say expands what is possible for everyone left behind, pushed out or never invited in."The Scottish Greens candidate added: "Every barrier placed before me with the...

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