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TORIES and councillors caught up in racism scandals – an iconic duo, if ever there was one ... and in this case, the party's protests have backfired in a big way.

A few days ago we published a story about calls for North Lanarkshire Tory councillor Stephen Goldsack to resign.

You can read about the latest on that story here. Basically, he was accused of racism over alleged comments made during a planning committee meeting about a mosque.

He denied being a racist, and denied making discriminatory comments. Councillor Meghan Gallacher, who leads the Tory group on the council, went even further, demanding an apology from the SNP for "dragging his name through the mud".

And Gallacher wasn't too pleased about our front page, either.

"So the @ScotNational prints a story that has no truth and no weight? Actually pathetic."

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That wasn't all. She went on: "The fact of the matter is that, after investigating this matter, no discriminatory comments were made. No one in my group is islamophobic, and it is disgusting that your group is trying to ruin my colleagues reputation."

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And on: "No response yet from @nlc_snp? I will expect a full apology from the leader of the SNP and their Business Manager regarding their unacceptable behaviour towards my colleague"

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She has yet to Tweet about the full story we have published since.

You see, in an entirely separate development, Goldsack has been expelled from the Tories after his prior ties to the British National Party emerged.

Photographic evidence which we'll publish in tomorrow's paper shows his past allegiance to the BNP.

There really isn't much need for the SNP to run his name through the mud with a past like that, is there?

We're wondering whether Gallacher will accuse her own Tory party of "trying to ruin" her colleague's reputation by suspending him for his BNP ties?