SNP Whip Removed From MSP Following Gaza Comments

An SNP MSP has had the whip removed following comments posted on social media about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The party confirmed it has taken action following social media comments from Glasgow Shettleston MSP John Mason. The whip has been removed with “immediate effect”, officials said. It comes after Mason reacted to criticism over Scottish External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson’s meeting with Israel’s deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky. Mason had also met with the Israeli ambassador and attracted fury from members of his own party after he posted on social media: “If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many.”...