It’s the first working day of the New Year, and the haters are already up to full speed. This time they’re attacking SNP MP Mhairi Black for saying her party created a personality cult around former leader Nicola Sturgeon.

The claim is in an article behind a paywall on The Times website:

Check out some of the comments from social media:

It seems there are plenty of people willing to defend her, though:

This Writer has followed Ms Black’s Parliamentary career since she was first elected and I was sorry to learn of her decision to quit before the next election. The UK needs more MPs of her quality, not fewer.

In case you don’t understand why that might be, here’s an example of her work:

I might finish this article with a phrase like, “‘Nuff said?”

But the sad fact is that not nearly enough has been said. That’s why we need a lot more Mhairi Blacks warming the Green Benches and far fewer haters dragging them down in the social media.

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