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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Steven Morris

Plaid Cymru councillor investigated by police over ‘anti-English’ gun photo

Scriven
Caerphilly councillor Jon Scriven has apologised and deleted the Facebook post. Photograph: Huw Fairclough/Caerphilly county borough council

Police are investigating a social media post from a Plaid Cymru councillor apparently posing with a rifle near a Welsh beach and commenting that he was checking “there wasn’t any English people trying to cross.”

Jon Scriven, a Plaid councillor in Caerphilly, south Wales, has apologised and deleted the Facebook post. He has been suspended from the party pending an investigation.

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