gypsies

Efforts to "assimilate" travellers into Scottish society were first documented in the late 1800s, with the authorities wanting to force Gypsies into "normal" housing.

"When you watch films, it's always like, 'Oh, these are the Gypsies, they're the bad guys,'" she explains.

A charity representing Gypsies and travellers has accused an MP of "inciting discrimination".

The Traveller Movement, which advocates for Gypsies, Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers, also "noted the contrast between the response of the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom".

“You don’t have to just call out the Gypsies, particularly using that word.”