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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aletha Adu

Labour candidate in Scotland suspended over ‘racist’ social media activity

Wilma Brown photographed outdoors in a Kirkcaldy street: she has long, straight blond hair and is wearing a white shirt and bright red jacket
Wilma Brown deleted her account on X after some of her tweets were reported to the Labour party. Photograph: Euan Cherry/PA

Labour has suspended a parliamentary candidate pending an investigation after she was found to have liked and shared a number of “racist” and controversial social media posts.

Wilma Brown, who was running in the target seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, once held by the former prime minister Gordon Brown, has since deleted her account on X after a string of tweets were reported to the party.

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