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A Tory politician is facing a probe over claims he has a “Nazi” tattoo.

Councillor Bobby Good, who represents Dunoon on Argyll and Bute Council, sports a body-inking with an eagle above the name “Bobby”.

The eagle is similar to the The Nazi Party eagle or “parteiadler” used by Hitler’s party in the 1930s.

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Now SNP rivals on Argyll and Bute council say they want an investigation into any right-wing sympathies Cllr Good may hold.

But the Tories have hit back saying Cllr Good “abhors extremist views”.

The row was sparked after Councillors across Argyll and Bute received an anonymous letter purporting to be from an organisation called “Argyll Anti-Bigotry Group”.

The note includes a picture of Cllr Good posing with the tattoo visible and says: “Are you as a councillor happy with this or will you do something about it. If you do nothing your judgement is as poor as Cllr Good’s.

“Perhaps he will resign to save you the trouble of asking him to go.”

When approached by the Daily Record Cllr Good refused to discuss the claims.

Instead he referred us to the Tory party HQ press office in Edinburgh.

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The Tories released an image of the tattoo which is an eagle with the name “Bobby” - which is his son’s name - underneath.

A spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives said: “Mr Good’s tattoo is an eagle with his son’s name underneath. It has no link to any extremist organisation.

“Mr Good would like to make it clear that he abhors extremist politics of all kind and regards any allegations that he holds extremist political views to be defamatory.

“Mr Good is a supporter of British servicemen and women, service personnel charities, an active member of Dunoon’s Running club, and a devoted father and husband.

“Quite simply, this is an attempt to damage Mr Good’s reputation by the selective use of his social media profile.

“If there is genuine evidence of any Scottish Conservative representative demonstrating extremist political views, we will not hesitate to act.”

However, the SNP group have already made a written demand for a probe into Cllr Good’s views.

Councillor Sandy Taylor, Argyll and Bute Council’s SNP Group Leader, said: “I was absolutely shocked to receive the picture.

“By sending it to me and other councillors there is an absolute expectation of some action.

“The author is doing it because they expect some action to be taken and I have written and called on the Tory group leader in Argyll and Bute to suspend Mr Good and fully and openly investigate this matter.”

An SNP spokesman added: “This appears to be yet another example of an elected Tory with extreme and distasteful views.

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“Ruth Davidson clearly hasn’t got a grip of the far right problem that lurks within her own ranks.”

The Nazi eagle or “parteiadler” (party’s eagle) was developed by the party in the 1920s and used in various forms in the 1930s after the Nazis came to power in Germany. It normally also shows a swastika, the party’s main emblem.

There is no such swastika emblem on Cllr Good’s tattoo.

A similar icon, the Reichsadler, or Imperial Eagle, based on the emblem of the Roman Empire, was used by the newly-unified German state after 1871 and later adapted and used by the Nazis.

Cllr Good’s Facebook page - under the name “Bob Le Bon” - shows three images relating to the Nazis.

The first is a Nazi-era German newspaper, the second shows the Nazi Imperial Eagle with an image of a Soviet soldier raising the red flag in Berlin, and the third shows mannequins dressed in Nazi uniform with an image of Adolf Hitler behind them.

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The Scottish Conservative Party says the pictures were taken during a visit to the Imperial War Museum.

The spokesman added: "The Facebook images highlighted come from a visit Mr Good made to the Imperial War Museum with his son six years ago.

“As his profile also shows, he has visited other military and commemorative sites around the world connected to allied troops, as he is a keen amateur military historian.”

Cllr Good runs a mobile bar - the Conductor’s Arms - with his partner.

He is a director of two other firms.

When we spoke to him about the anonymous letter highlighting the tattoo he refused to discuss the matter.

He said: “I’m sorry, if you want anything on this you will have to go to the press office at Conservative HQ in Edinburgh.

“That is what I suggest at the moment.”

Asked if he has a Nazi tattoo he said: “That’s all I’m going to say at the moment.”

Cllr Good is part of the ruling group in the council and chairs the Bute and Cowal Area Committee.

The council is run by a coalition of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Independents known as the Argyll, Lomond and the Islands Group.

Group Leader Cllr Ellen Morton said: “The allegations are very concerning. I have no idea whether they are true or not.

“There is to be an administration meeting next week and I’m would expect that the subject will come up at that point.

“Until we find out what truth there is in these allegations, I can’t say much more than that.

“People do need to know what the truth of this is.

“These questions need answered.”

Last night (THU) Argyll and Bute leader, Lib Dem Cllr Aileen Morton said: “I’m aware that an anonymous letter has been circulating containing a number of allegations about one of the Conservative councillors.

“In this kind of situation it’s always best to get the facts first, and that’s why I’m expecting to fully discuss this matter with Conservative and other colleagues as soon as possible.”