A frontbench SNP MP has been sacked after he backed a campaign to sue a parliamentary colleague.
Neale Hanvey has been sacked from his role as vaccine spokesman after he posted a message on a crowdfunder page raising money to bring a defamation action against Aberdeen North MP Kirsty Blackman and others.
A Twitter user started the crowdfunder following comments after they were suspended from Twitter.
They wrote: "I have no idea why I was suspended other than perhaps misgendering."
A screenshot posted on social media showed that the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP posted "speak clear and stay strong" on the page.
The page is linked to the ongoing transphobia debate between Joanna Cherry and Blackman.
An SNP spokesman said: "Neale Hanvey was given the opportunity to apologise for his actions, which are incompatible with the responsibilities of a frontbench spokesperson, including the requirement for teamwork and collective responsibility.
"He failed to do so and he has been removed from his position."
Hanvey was previously suspended by the SNP for using anti-Semitic language on social media.
He apologised for any offence caused in the days following his suspension.
