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Margaret Ferrier traveled from London to Glasgow after testing positive for coronavirus
The parliamentarian who used public transport knowing she was infected with coronavirus has called it a “blip”
Margaret Ferrier argued that the virus “makes you act out of place” in an interview with the Sun on Sunday.
He faced calls to quit smoking after traveling from Glasgow to London with symptoms of Covid-19 last month and then returning home after testing positive.
The SNP suspended Ms Ferrier and the Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident.
The 60-year-old deputy told the newspaper that she “panicked” and insisted she was following the rules.
“A lot of people say that Covid forces you to do things out of line. You are not thinking clearly,” he said.
He said he took a test on Saturday, September 26, because he had a “tickle in his throat” but had no symptoms on Sunday or Monday when he traveled to London for a debate.
Upon receiving the result of her test on Monday night in London, she said she began to “panic” and “want her home.”
“I don’t have a flat in London. You’re thinking, ‘Am I going to get worse in a week or a few days?'” She said, adding that she was worried about having to isolate in a hotel for two weeks.
“I felt there was no alternative and that’s why I took the train. That’s the decision I made at that time.”
Ms Ferrier is also believed to have attended mass at a church in Glasgow after showing symptoms of Covid.
Earlier in the month, he apologized and said he “deeply regretted” his actions.
Scotland’s Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon described her actions as “reckless, dangerous and completely indefensible” and said she should resign as an MP.
But Ferrier told the Sun on Sunday that he wants to continue representing his constituents in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
Responding to criticism, Ferrier said: “It could be a serious error of judgment. I don’t deny it. People may be saying, ‘You should have known better, you are a public figure.
“But at the end of the day it still hurts. So you think all that hard work and dedication just rubbed off?”
He also described the regulations and guidelines issued during the pandemic as “confusing.”
