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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bronwen Weatherby

Calls for Welsh councillor to be suspended following ‘xenophobic’ Facebook post

A Welsh councillor has been criticised for posting a picture of himself holding a supposed firearm on social media while commenting that he was making sure “there wasn’t any English people trying to cross the channel”.

Some politicians have called for Plaid Cymru councillor Jon Scriven to be suspended over the now-deleted Facebook post which has been called “xenophobic” towards the English.

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