Edinburgh police ‘mistakenly’ post anti-SNP message on social media

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Police Scotland posted on one of their verified social media channels that they are “tired” of the SNP “going on about” a second independence referendum.

The profile picture on the official Twitter account for the force in Edinburgh was also changed to include a “Yawn” sign.

Anti-SNP tweet from Edinburgh Police account
The message posted on the force’s account (Tweetdeck/PA)

It is understood the incident on Saturday was put down to human error and the image and post have been removed.

Yawn profile picture on Edinburgh Police account
Officers are to be reminded about how to use social media (Twitter/PA)

The Yawn campaign was launched by pro-UK group Scotland in Union.

Users can follow a few instructions to have the icon added to their page and the message automatically tweeted out to their followers.

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