A SCOTTISH Labour MP has been accused of "making an anti-Chinese remark" after repeating a theory about the origin of Covid-19.

Gordon McKee, MP for Glasgow South, has been urged to apologise over a video posted across social media platforms on Monday which attempted to explain Britain's debt using custard cream biscuits as props.

In the video , McKee said: "Then some guy eats a bat in Wuhan. Now nobody can go to work. So the Government has to borrow even more money."

McKee was referring to the theory that the coronavirus pandemic spread to humans after an individual ate a bat at the Huanan wet market in Wuhan, China.

The statement has been branded Sinophobic – meaning it expresses anti-Chinese sentiment – as it perpetuates stereotypes about Chinese food culture.

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