Original sentence: Although he was elected as president of the SNP in 1980, succeeding Robert McIntyre, Wolfe's term of office ended in June 1982, following an uncharacteristic intervention by him in advance of the proposed visit of Pope John Paul II to Scotland, causing serious controversy.His idea of fusing the St Andrew's Cross with a thistle led to the creation also led to a distinctive new SNP logo, which is still in use today.I can see myself then as others saw me ... I don't know why I did it.In 1979, Wolfe encouraged a band of left-wingers in the SNP, known as the 79 Group, annoying those on the fundamentalist wing.In both instances the SNP's National Executive Committee disowned Wolfe's statements, causing Wolfe to withdraw his candidacy from that year's election for the office of party president.Wolfe stood as SNP parliamentary candidate for West Lothian at the 1964, 1966 and 1970 general elections.” His second wife, Kate McAteer, was a practising Roman Catholic
Edited sentence: Although he was elected as president of the SNP in 1980, succeeding Robert McIntyre, Wolfe's term of office ended in June 1982, following an uncharacteristic intervention by him in advance of the proposed visit of Pope John Paul II to Scotland, with his ill-judged criticisms causing serious controversy.Billy Wolfe also stood as SNP parliamentary candidate for West Lothian at the 1964, 1966 and 1970 general elections.His idea of fusing the St Andrew’s Cross with a thistle led to the creation also led to a distinctive new SNP logo, which is still in use today.His second wife, Kate McAteer, was a practising Roman Catholic, and his funeral service involved a Catholic Mass in Hamilton.I can see myself then as others saw me...I don’t know why I did it”.In both instances the SNP's National Executive Committee disowned Wolfe's statements and the force of the reaction to them caused him to withdraw his candidacy from that year's election for the office of party president.Now a respected Nationalist elder statesman, Wolfe encouraged a band of left-wingers in the SNP, known as the 79 Group, annoying those on the fundamentalist wing