Plaid Cymru councillor investigated by police over ‘anti-English gun photo’

Jon Scriven suspended by party after apparently posing with rifle in social media post saying he was checking for English people'

Police are investigating a social media post from a Plaid Cymru councillor apparently posing with a rifle near a Welsh beach and commenting that he was checking there wasn't any English people trying to cross."

Jon Scriven, a Plaid councillor in Caerphilly, south Wales, has apologised and deleted the Facebook post. He has been suspended from the party pending an investigation.