An SNP candidate is being urged to withdraw from upcoming local government elections in Scotland over the discovery of a “disgusting, antisemitic” post on Facebook.
Wullie Graham, who will be standing in the south Glasgow ward of Pollok on 5 May, wrote that it was “sickening that Israeli Jews bring up their kids to hate and kill” — alongside a photo of an American-Jewish family.
The man in the image was kippah-wearing Bill Bernstein, a former gun shop owner from Nashville in the US, who could be seen posing with his daughter, Gertrude. Both were holding guns in the photo.
The discovery of the seven-year-old post prompted a furious response from political rivals. Thomas Kerr, leader of the Tory group on Glasgow City Council — the body Mr Graham hopes to join next month — said: “It’s clear from his disgusting, antisemitic post that this candidate is not fit to stand for — still less hold — public office. The SNP must sack him as a candidate immediately.”
