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An SNP election candidate has been forced to apologise for comments comparing supporters of a Jewish state to fascists. Jewish leaders and anti-Semitism campaigners last night urged the SNP to launch an investigation into unacceptable comments by Glasgow candidate Suzanne McLaughlin. Among a series of foul-mouthed and abusive social media posts, Mrs McLaughlin, a prominent pro-independence campaigner, said: Lest anyone be in any doubt. Zionism is akin to fascism. #genocide.  In another post on...

DOUGLAS Ross has criticised "alarming, disgraceful" comments by an SNP candidate about Israel and Zionism.

AFFLUENT and engaged, Eastwood is a constituency that "fair loves its politics", according to former Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw.  He won the seat from Scottish Labour in 2016, securing 35.7 per cent of the vote and a majority of 1,611, with the SNP in second place.  "Its not a seat that any party could say they own," he said. "Its also one of the seats which regularly has the highest turnout, in UK general elections, in referendums and in Scottish parliamentary electi...

SNP accused of anti-Jewish problem after third election candidate pulled up for remarks about Israel and fascism 22:20, 29 Apr 2021 Updated: 22:20, 29 Apr 2021 A THIRD SNP election candidate has been pulled up by antisemitism experts over controversial remarks about Israel and fascism. Nicola Sturgeon’s party faces accusations it has an anti-Jewish problem after comments by Suzanne McLaughlin surfaced. 2 2 SNP candidate Suzannes Twitter post The Glasgow pub owner and MSP hopeful tweeted in 20...

EASTWOOD is a two-horse race between the Tories and the SNP – and Colm Merrick is confident he can oust Jackson Carlaw from his constituency seat. The seat historically elected Labour’s Ken Macintosh as its MSP before Carlaw won the seat in 2016, and there are only 1611 votes needed to swing it to the SNP for the first time. And Merrick, who is an SNP councillor for the area in East Renfrewshire, believes his knowledge of local issues and listening to what voters’ concerns are w...

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Councillors welcomed extra cash from the Scottish Government for councils which agreed not to raise the tax. They are expecting to get an additional £1.8m – equivalent to a 3% increase. But the settlement from Holyrood – currently £196m – came under fire from opposition councillors, with claims it shows “utter contempt” for local government. The council agreed to take £3m from reserves to cut the budget shortfall to £5.5m. With the area’s culture and leisure trust and ...