The Angus Council candidate who posted extreme pornography on social media has caused another row by comparing Conservative voters in Angus to Nazis.
Paul Wright was initially a SNP candidate for the Brechin and Edzell ward for the council elections last month before it emerged that he posted the two images, which he censored using coffee cups.
He claimed he wanted to demonstrate the character of another user on Twitter, who had previously posted the uncensored images on his feed.
The controversy led to him losing the support of the SNP party and him standing as an Independent candidate. He failed to be elected after winning 308 first preference votes.
In the wake of Conservative Kirstene Hair taking the Angus MP seat from the SNP’s Mike Weir, Mr Wright stated his “granddads fought against” people who voted for Tory.
Posting on his Paula Honey Rose Twitter account, he stated: “I am out on the streets of Brechin looking for Tory voters – you are scum and you are devoid of humanity – my grandads fought against you.”
In another tweet he added: “Nazis, fascists, Tories all showing scant regard for human rights and dignity.”
He also stated there would be “loads of Tories coming to Brechin for the Angus show – bear traps ready at every entrance.”
I am out on the streets of Brechin looking for Tory voters – you are scum and you are devoid of humanity – my grandads fought against you.
— Pòla Mil Ròs (@PaulaHoneyRose) June 9, 2017
Loads of Tories coming to Brechin for the Angus show – bear traps ready at every entrance.
— Pòla Mil Ròs (@PaulaHoneyRose) June 10, 2017
Yesterday Mr Wright defended his posts and stated that he would consider standing for public office again.
He said: “That tweet is a pastiche of numerous tweets by assorted unionists aimed at SNP supporters.
“Anyone with any sense can see that – for anyone to take it seriously is just too funny for words.
“Would you like to see hundreds of tweets comparing SNP voters to Nazis?
“Of course it’s all a joke – possibly bad taste but so what?”
The tweets have been criticised by the Conservative Party who said the language used has “no place whatsoever in politics.”
The spokesman added: “Unfortunately, it is all too common on social media.
“We have just been through a democratic process in which people across the UK were given the chance to have their say on who should run the country.
“More than 750,000 Scots voted Conservative, returning 13 MPs that will work extremely hard at Westminster on behalf of all their constituents.”
Mr Wright recently resigned from the City of Brechin and District Community Council.
Mr Weir had held the Angus seat since 2001 and had a majority of 11,230 in the election two years ago.
However, a 16% swing towards the Conservative candidate Ms Hair saw her receive 18,148 votes compared to Mr Weir’s 15,504.