Sexual harassment claims are 'no witch hunt', says Harman - BBC News
Labour MP Harriet Harman has told BBC News that the string of allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against MPs is not a witch hunt.
She said: "There are a lot of men saying this has been blown out of all proportion, it's a witch hunt. No, it's not a witch hunt, it's long overdue."
Her comments follow the suspensions of a Conservative and a Labour MP.
Meanwhile, SNP MSP Mark McDonald has quit as a Scottish government minister over "inappropriate" behaviour.
In a statement he said it had been brought to his attention that some of his "previous actions have been considered to be inappropriate".
"I apologise unreservedly to anyone I have upset or who might have found my behaviour inappropriate," Mr McDonald, who represents Aberdeen Donside at Holyrood, said.
Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke and Labour's Kelvin Hopkins were suspended from their parties on Friday, while Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon resigned earlier this week.
On Saturday morning, Sir Roger Gale, Conservative MP for North Thanet, urged people "not to rush to judgement", telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he believes the scandal is turning into a "witch hunt".
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