South Lanarkshire Tory councillor suspended over anti Black Lives Matter Facebook posts
Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A Tory councillor has been suspended after comparing a sportswoman who did not ‘take the knee’ with a man who defied the Nazis.Colin McGavigan claimed his use of the photograph was about showing someone “going against the grain”.He also claimed comments he made about the Holy Family not being black were “sarcastic”.A Scottish Tory spokesman said: “In light of these posts, Cllr McGavigan has been suspended pending an investigation.”An SNP spokesperson said: “There’s no excuse for these totally unacceptable and offensive Facebook posts.”The images were uncovered by our sister paper the Daily Record.McGavigan, a councillor in the Clydesdale South ward , posted an image