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Rachael Burford

Labour suspends general election candidate standing in Gordon Brown's former seat over racism row

Labour has suspended its general election candidate vying to win back Gordon Brown's former seat after she was accused of sharing numerous “racist” posts on social media.

Wilma Brown appears to have liked offensive tweets, including one which branded Scottish leader Humza Yousaf the "first minister of Gaza" and another that claimed money sent to the Palestinian territory by Scotland’s Government was for terror group Hamas.

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