Yes Election #38: A gain from 2016 is set to remain in SNP hands
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Scottish Parliament election Twitter storm in Uddingston and Bellshill
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The SNP has been told to drop Stephanie Callaghan after she was forced to apologise for her tweet THE SNP is under pressure to drop one of its election candidates after it emerged she compared Theresa May rejecting an independence referendum with the actions of Adolf Hitler. Stephanie Callaghan, the SNP candidate for the Uddingston and Bellshill seat at May’s Holyrood election, has been labelled “disgraceful” by anti-Semitism campaigners for the view in a now-deleted tweet. In 2017, Ms Callaghan tweeted about the decision of then prime minister Theresa May to refuse an independence referendum to be held. Ms Callaghan, who was a South Lanarkshire councillor at the time the tweet was posted, has apologised.
A tweet from an SNP candidate for Holyrood comparing the actions of Theresa May in rejecting an independence referendum to the actions of Adolf Hitler has been described as “disgraceful” by anti-Semitism campaigners.
Stephanie Callaghan is currently standing to be the MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, replacing the retiring Richard Lyle, and is sixth on the party’s regional list.
In 2017, Ms Callaghan tweeted about the decision of then prime minister Theresa May to refuse an independence referendum.
First reported in the Scottish Sun, the now deleted tweet said: “Tory propaganda provides a window into future plans: stamp on democracy.