Newly-elected SNP MP Lara Bird, who appeared to cross her fingers whilst swearing allegiance to King Charles, has been accused of putting on a fake Scottish accent. Video recorded in January has emerged of the new Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP speaking with an English accent. Ms Bird, who is half-Scottish, half-English, was raised in Scotland before studying at the University of Sheffield in 2018 and then moving to London. “I think I prob­ably just picked up a bit of an accent when I was there and because I’ve grown up with an Eng­lish side of my fam­ily,” she told The Courier earlier this month. Scottish Tories deputy leader Rachael Hamilton said of the resurfaced footage: “A cynic might question whether her attempt to disguise her accent is a reaction to the anti-English feelings many within the SNP harbour.”