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The National (Scotland)
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Laura Webster

EU national hit with vile xenophobic abuse for standing in elections

Olaf Stando on the campaign trail

AN SNP council candidate who is originally from Poland has been hit with a barrage of xenophobic abuse for being involved in Scottish politics without holding a UK passport.

Olaf Stando, an SNP staffer who stood in last week’s election in the Burntisland, Kinghorn and West Kirkcaldy ward, wrote on Twitter than he did not have UK citizenship or a British passport – prompting hundreds of vile messages, including calls for him to be deported to Rwanda.

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