An SNP councillor has deleted her Twitter account and apologised after saying Scotland hates the UK.
Glasgow city councillor Rhiannon Spear tweeted after the UK’s entry to the annual Eurovision singing competition on Saturday received zero points and finished last.
She wrote: “It’s ok Europe we hate the United Kingdom too. Love, Scotland. #Eurovision.”
The UK’s Eurovision entrant James Newman (Victor Frankowski/BBC/PA)
Ms Spear, convener of Glasgow’s education committee, later deleted her Twitter account and apologised.
She said in a statement: “I have now deleted this tweet about the UK’s results in the Eurovision Song Contest, and apologise for any offence caused.”
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