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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bronwen Weatherby

SHOCKING: Police investigate welsh councillor who posed with gun in xenophobic post - You Need To See This

Police in Wales are investigating a councillor over a social media post which showed him brandishing a gun and saying he wanted to make sure “there wasn’t any English people trying to cross the channel”.

Jon Scriven, a Plaid Cymru representative on Caerphilly Council, has also been suspended by the Welsh nationalist party over the post, as he faces accusations of anti-English “xenophobic”.

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