An SNP MP showed the Prime Minister the red card in the House of Commons today, after Tory MP Douglas Ross decided to miss a key vote on Universal Credit to help referee a Barcelona football match.
Ross, the "two-jobs" MP for Moray who defeated Angus Robertson in June, has been criticised in the past for missing key votes and committee sessions in both Holyrood and Westminster to run the line in the Champions League.
"I am wearing a red card in my pocket today" @JohnMcNallyMP asking PM about @Douglas4Moray and why "honourable member is not in his place" pic.twitter.com/B3hmc1Fyld
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"Does this Prime Minister notice I am wearing a red card in my pocket today?" McNally asked. "She will be aware of the Honourable Member for Moray is not in his place. Indeed, he is in Barcelona doing his other job, today of all days.
"What signal does she think this sends to hard-working members of the public who are expected to turn up for their day jobs or face sanctions."
Theresa May hit back: "I think the constituents of Moray will be very pleased that they have a Conservative member of Parliament who is seeing their interests in this house. And I can that the Scottish Conservative members are doing more for the interests of Scotland in this Parliament than the Scottish nationalists have ever done."
It's unclear exactly what that is.
Earlier, SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson said it was time for "two-job" Ross to call time on his refereeing sideline.
"Part-time Tory MP Douglas Ross just never learns his lesson - and he is yet again leaving his constituents without a voice in Parliament because he'd rather rub shoulders with famous footballers," he said.
"This isn't the first time that he's failed to turn up for important meetings, and his constituents will be wondering why he shows no interest in discussing universal credit - which is driving up rent arrears and leaving families penniless.
"It's time for two-job Ross to call time on his highly lucrative refereeing career."
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