HE is the Scots Conservative MP who cannot keep out the headlines.
It is claimed Aberdeen South MP Ross Thomson was removed from Strangers' Bar in parliament on Tuesday night.
It came after police were called to the bar over reports of “sexual touching”.
But it is not the first time the 31-year-old has become mired in controversy.
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In April, last year he was accused of gross insensitivity after joking about Saddam Hussein in Iraq while condemning chemical weapon attacks by his latter-day equivalent.
Ross Thomson claimed he was channelling his “inner dictator” while clowning on Saddam’s parade ground and sitting on his throne while on a fact-finding trip to Baghdad.
He posted pictures of his antics on a private Facebook page alongside a smiling emoji in sunglasses, while publicly condemning Bashar Assad in Syria.
He came in for heavy criticism from Diane Douglas, whose son Lance Corporal Allan Douglas was killed in Iraq in 2006.
The SNP called his behaviour a “disgrace” and called for the Tories to discipline him.
Mr Thomson said he had not intended to cause offence, and accused the SNP of playing politics with a sensitive issue. In December he fell for a “blindingly obvious” TV hoax in which he discussed a fake drug app which supports a child-run ‘cocaine factory’ in Colombia.
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He was caught out in a prank by Channel 4 show ‘Ministry of Justice’ discussing the fake drug-delivery app ‘InstantGrammes’, which instantly drew comparison to the classic ‘Cake’ sketch on satirical show Brass Eye in 1997.
The Ministry of Justice programme showed the MP a fake advert in which a nine-year-old boy claimed to work for a drugs cartel in association with Instagrammes.
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He said the drug-dealing app was helping him get through school and become a dentist.
“It’s half school, half drugs plantation,” the boy said. “Best of all, it’s fairtrade!”
Mr Thomson, who previously claimed on BBC Question Time that it was quicker to use an online app to order cocaine in Glasgow than pizza, did not endorse Instantgrammes, but said it made ordering drugs online “sound cool”.
After the hoax was exposed, he complained the show had acted in an “underhand” way.
In October, 2016 when he was an MSP, he agreed to repay hotel expenses after sharing a taxpayer-funded room with a male friend.
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Mr Thomson, who was at the time the Scottish Conservative further education spokesman and was in a civil partnership, was told by party bosses to refund the £120 bill in case the overnight stay was misinterpreted.
Mr Thomson later hired the man, former Labour candidate Braden Davy, to work for him on the public payroll, turning down a request from Tory chief whip John Lamont to abandon the planned appointment.
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Mr Thomson’s office manager, James McMordie, then resigned with immediate effect after a 'breakdown in relations' with the North East Scotland MSP. It was understood the decision to hire Mr Davy was a factor in his departure.
The MSP shot to prominence as a Leave campaigner immediately after his election as an MSP, despite party leader Ruth Davidson being a champion for Remain.
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