>The “sobering” findings were revealed by a pilot programme established by the Scottish Parliament in the aftermath of the murder of the MP Sir David Amess, who was killed at his constituency surgery in October 2021.
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>Just over 8,000 comments in total were deemed to be abusive, with 461 of them determined to rise above the criminal threshold.
>Thirty eight MSPs took part in the programme, which ran from from mid-June 2023 to the end of March this year.
>Of those treated as abusive or threatening, the vast majority – 6,621 – were directed towards members of the SNP, while 592 were directed at Scottish Tory MSPs, 501 towards the Scottish Greens, 282 for Labour and 114 for the Lib Dems.
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>As a result of the findings, the Scottish Parliament has made the trial permanent, and will recruit another security analyst to help accommodate up to 80 MSPs
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>The “sobering” findings were revealed by a pilot programme established by the Scottish Parliament in the aftermath of the murder of the MP Sir David Amess, who was killed at his constituency surgery in October 2021.
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>Just over 8,000 comments in total were deemed to be abusive, with 461 of them determined to rise above the criminal threshold.
>Thirty eight MSPs took part in the programme, which ran from from mid-June 2023 to the end of March this year.
>Of those treated as abusive or threatening, the vast majority – 6,621 – were directed towards members of the SNP, while 592 were directed at Scottish Tory MSPs, 501 towards the Scottish Greens, 282 for Labour and 114 for the Lib Dems.
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>As a result of the findings, the Scottish Parliament has made the trial permanent, and will recruit another security analyst to help accommodate up to 80 MSPs