Mr Mason has been effectively expelled from the SNP after posting on X: 'If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many.'
SNP MSP John Mason been stripped of the party whip following an 'utterly abhorrent' social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Mr Mason has been effectively expelled from the party after posting on X: 'If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many.' The Glasgow Shettleston MSP made the comment amid a row over a meeting with Israel's deputy ambassador to the UK, Daniela Grudsky.
' She added 'innocent children are being massacred', before stating: 'You make me sick, John. The SNP should disown you as I have.' In response, Mr Mason wrote the post that has seen him lose the party whip. Israel has strongly denied accusations of genocide.
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