A Plaid Cymru councillor has been criticised after a social media post surfaced online which showed him posing with a gun on a beach and stating that he was making sure “there wasn’t any English people trying to cross the channel”. The now-deleted message appeared on Councillor Jon Scriven’s Facebook page on August 8.
The post by the councillor who represents Penyrheol in Caerphilly read: “Ogmore-by-Sea tonight for a quick swim and make sure there wasn’t any English people trying to cross the channel.”
Caerphilly's Labour Senedd Member, Hefin David, drew attention to the post by putting a screenshot on his Twitter account, stating that it was "not appropriate". His tweet has now been liked hundreds of times. Wales Online has contacted Jon Scriven and Plaid Cymru for comment. You can get more politics news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
