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SNP MSP has whip removed following ‘utterly abhorrent’ comments about Israel-Hamas conflict
John Mason at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, April 30, 2024

AN SNP MSP has had the whip removed following “utterly abhorrent” comments about the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The party confirmed it has taken action following social media comments from Glasgow Shettleston MSP John Mason.

Party officials said that the whip has been removed with “immediate effect” after he posted: “If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many.”

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