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Ex-Glasgow councillor sanctioned over 'SNP cuts' image fears 'dangerous precedent'

A former Labour councillor sanctioned over an ‘SNP CUTS HURT GLASGOW’ online meeting background has said he hopes the decision doesn’t “set a dangerous precedent”.

Martin McElroy, who represented the Springburn/Robroyston ward on Glasgow City Council, was censured by the Standards Commission at a meeting on Wednesday.

He had displayed the caption over photos of overflowing bins and piles of rubbish while speaking at a Microsoft Teams meeting in the run-up to the Scottish Government elections last year.

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