Police intervened as a candidate in the Southside seat in Glasgow approached the counting hall with followers doing what looked like Nazi salutes.

Derek Jackson, standing as the Liberal Party turned up outside the Emirates with two followers wearing black suits, white shirts and black ties.

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Glasgow Times:

They each had a yellow star pinned to their jacket fronts with “UNVAX” written on it.

Jackson denied the star was related to the yellow star Jewish people were forced to wear by Nazis during the Second World War.

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Glasgow Times:

He denied the gesture they made was a Nazi salute.

Instead, he claimed it was a “love salute”.

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Glasgow Times:

Officers approached the trio as they walked towards the entrance of the Emirates where the votes are being counted.

Jackson said they were protesting against Covid vaccinations.

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He said: “We don’t want people encountering unvaccinated people and being worried. We are unvaccinated.”

When the Glasgow Times challenged him on what looked like a Nazi salute, he replied: “It’s a love salute. We love everybody. Do you love everybody?”

He said he was standing against the hate crime legislation.

Jackson added: “I think people should be allowed to hate.”

Jackson and his entourage later entered the counting hall.

He was captured on camera railing against the SNP's planned Hate Crime Bill, in a heated exchange with a former Glasgow Times journalist.