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Councillor’s ‘New Scot’ comment was not a conduct breach

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An Aberdeen councillor who described an opponent as a “New Scot” did not breach the code of conduct, a watchdog has ruled.

The SNP’s Kairin van Sweeden made the remark against Labour’s Deena Tissera during an Aberdeen City Council meeting in 2023, and later apologised.

Ms Tissera, who was born in Sri Lanka, described the comments as “nothing less than racism”.

Ms van Sweeden initially referred herself to the Ethical Standards Commissioner which found she did breach the code of conduct, but a separate watchdog, the Standards Commission for Scotland has now found she did not breach the code, and no action will be taken.


BBC News

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