Labour MP hopeful replaced after ‘racist’ tweets storm
SCOTTISH Labour General Election candidate Wilma Brown has been replaced following an investigation into “dozens” of offensive tweets she shared on social media.
Brown was suspended from the party last month and will now no longer stand in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, a key Labour target seat.
The National found that Brown had liked and reposted a swathe of “racist, Islamophobic and transphobic” posts on Twitter/X, including posts claiming that the Scottish Government aid to Gaza was going to Hamas, and messages that featured the debunked viral claim that Humza Yousaf had said there are “too many white people in Scotland”.
Elsewhere, she has shared posts calling for the abolition of the Scottish Parliament or for it to be placed “under special measures by the British Government”.
The SNP said at the time they were “deeply offensive, racist” posts and Brown was suspended. She has been replaced as the Labour candidate by Melanie Ward, the chief executive of Medical Aid for Palestinians.
The seat is currently held by Alba MP Neale Hanvey, who defected from the SNP in 2019. Ward is a long-time Labour member and was recently announced as one of Time Magazine’s top 100 most influential people in global health.
A Scottish Labour spokesperson told the Daily Record: “Scottish Labour is pleased to announce that Melanie Ward – the CEO of Medical Aid for Palestinians – has been selected as the Scottish Labour candidate for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy at the General Election.
“Melanie Ward has an impressive and proven track record in fighting injustice and delivering change in politics and the third sector.”