SCOTS BUSINESS AMBASSADOR'S HATEFUL TWEETS

IT specialist calls Brown 'a traitor' and Mundell ‘a ratbag'

- CHRIS MCCALL

A BUSINESSMAN recruited to represent Scotland overseas is a Twitter troll who posts hateful abuse about politicians.

Thailand-based IT security expert James McLeary is part of the GlobalScot network, set up by the Scottish Government to promote the country overseas.

But he used his own social media profile to brand top MPs "traitors" and "quislings" - a reference to Nazi collaborators.

The Scottish Government is now probing the matter after being contacted by the Record.

McLeary, who says he is an SNP member and donor, called former PM Gordon Brown a "traitor" and ex-Scottish secretary David Mundell a "slimy-bearded ratbag". He also called Westminster an "English servile house of traitors". The Stirling University graduate proudly claimed he was a GlobalScot "ambassador" in his profile. GlobalScot invites "passionate and experienced business professionals from around the world" to sign up.