An SNP councillor has apologised after Tweeting that Scotland hates the UK, during a post about Eurovision.
Glasgow city councillor Rhiannon Spear, who also deleted her Twitter account, posted the Tweet after the UK's entry received zero points on Saturday night, finishing last.
She wrote: "It's ok Europe we hate the United Kingdom too. Love, Scotland. £Eurovision."
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."
The Scottish Conservatives criticised the post.
Chief whip Stephen Kerr MSP said: "The mask has again slipped from the SNP and this is another example of their toxic obsession with division.
"This is abhorrent language from one of the SNP's most prominent campaigners and a 2021 election candidate, not to mention chair of Glasgow City Council's education committee.
"We should be teaching tolerance and inclusion, not hate and division."
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