Eddi Reader has claimed that her son was told independence supporters were 'racist' by a taxi driver after he got into his cab wearing a Yes t-shirt.
The Scots singer said her son was told by the taxi driver that 'Yes Scots were racist' when he got into a cab with two friends from Bristol.
She told her Twitter followers that her son has 'begun to fear' wearing his Yes t-shirt following the incident.
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son has began 2 fear walking around wi a YES t-shirt after getting a cab wi 2 Bristol pals & NO voting driver told them YESscots were racsit
— Eddi Reader (@eddireader) February 3, 2016
@firstfinequine I think it was his night out in Edinburgh.. but it could have been glesga.. I will ask
— Eddi Reader (@eddireader) February 3, 2016
Reader, a prominent advocate for Yes Scotland, added that her son had not realised what t-shirt he was wearing when he got into the taxi.
my son (a musician) unconsciously shoves t shirts on that are lying about...he only noticed it was on him when driver pointed it out
— Eddi Reader (@eddireader) February 3, 2016
The singer and her son have received a lot of support on social media, with some claiming to have had similar experiences.
@eddireader A No Voter using intimidation to make your son feel bad about his politics. I'm shocked...nah, not really happens all the time
— Fr Jeb (@FrJeb) February 3, 2016
@eddireader :(
— Raiph Says ☔ (@raiphsays) February 3, 2016
@eddireader he'll be welcome in my taxi anytime ,#taxiforall
— Alan Cochrane (@blackhackglesga) February 3, 2016
@eddireader Sounds very much that the Driver is the one with the problem nit your Som.
— Fr Jeb (@FrJeb) February 3, 2016
@eddireader These people really need to get a dictionary and look up the word racist, and maybe bigot whilst they're at it.
— Turning Jockanese (@D_Westin) February 3, 2016
@eddireader Except he's not and he knows it isn't true.
— SeeYouSueYouSoYou (@AKMacG) February 3, 2016
However, others suggested that the taxi driver may have meant the comment to be ironic.
@eddireader Dinnae wish to judge, but I wudnae be surprised if there's a deep irony in that drivers words, just from my experience of NOers.
— G. Fleming (@GraFleming1) February 3, 2016
Scots voted to remain in the UK in the independence referendum, with 55% backing the union.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has not ruled out the possibility of a second independence referendum. However, she has said that public opinion will have to change before the SNP hold a second ballot.
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