Dundee councillor Christina Roberts spotted sewing during meeting streamed online

A Dundee councillor has been spotted sewing during a meeting being streamed online.

Christina Roberts was captured sewing a hat for around 20 minutes during the city governance committee meeting on Monday.

During the live-streamed remote meeting, the SNP councillor was also spotted on her phone and leisurely sitting back with a mug in her hand.

At one point she appears engaged in a conversation with someone else off-camera.

The meeting saw councillors discuss a number of topics, including the possibility of introducing a tourist tax to address the local authority’s budget shortfall in the upcoming financial year.

Councillor Roberts was contacted for comment.

Bailie Derek Scott, who was taking part in the proceedings, told Sky News there are “too many distractions” for people during remote meetings.

The Scottish Tory councillor for the city’s The Ferry ward said: “While Bailie Roberts might well be able to sew and take part in a meeting at the same time, it does give the impression that she is uninterested in what’s happening.

“There are too many distractions for people attending meetings remotely; the sooner Dundee City Council gets back to face-to-face meetings the better.”

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At the tail end of last year, a Highland councillor was caught on camera poised to wash a living room window during a committee meeting.

Inverness provost Glynis Campbell Sinclair forgot to turn her camera off and was spotted holding a cloth and carrying a basin of water to a nearby window.

After rearranging a plant and turning a light on, the SNP councillor for Culloden and Ardersier appeared to receive a phone call that brought her running back to the computer.

The camera was then quickly switched off.