For whatever reason we have a clique who have appeared out of nowhere trying to make our subreddit xenophobic. It doesnt help they are using votebots to push this muck to the top of the page.

Lol, you're in so much denial that your beloved subreddit might not be as friendly and welcoming as you'd previously believed it to be.
Fact is that Plastic Paddies and Stryrofoam Scots are annoying as fuck. This sub hasn't been infiltrated by evil bots or whatever shite you're imagining; People are just reaching a point where they've had enough of fannies pretending to be Scottish. The up/down votes on this post and the comments within demonstrate that to be the case.