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The Herald Scotland
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Protests as 'mass deportation' rally comes to Glasgow
UKIP has never had any elected representatives in Glasgow and at the General Election last year, it did not stand any candidates in the city. The party's latest leader, Mr Tenconi, has organised what is billed as a 'mass deportations tour' in cities across the UK, including Nottingham , Liverpool Newcastle and London. Read More: In a social media video, he states: 'Illegal immigration is one of the greatest threats to the British people'. He advocates 'teams of men' going to France to 'intercept and destroy the boats' and calls for 'English patriots' to donate 'English pounds' to "support my mission'. The rally led Stand Up to Racism organising to counter a group they say is aligned with far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Stand Up to Racism Scotland said: "Fascist Nick Tenconi and his thugs are bringing their 'mass deportations' tour to Glasgow. "Glasgow City Council are not challenging a march through the city centre led by fascists, but antiracists and antiracists will. "This will be a safely stewarded coming together of all those who say refugees ad migrants are welcome in Glasgow, but fascists are not."
Glasgow Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Crowd gathers in response to Keir Starmer's speech
Stand Up to Racism Scotland organised an emergency rally to show their disagreement with the Prime Minister, who they say was "deliberately provocative, echoing Enoch Powell's infamous 'Rivers of blood' speech". Participants waved "Stop the Far Right", "Refugees welcome" and "Stop Dawn Raids" signs at the Buchanan Street steps. (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) One speaker said: "I'm really sad and angry that this rubbish and garbage is coming from someone who is a Labour Prime Minister. "He came on national television, telling the people of Britain that migrants are your problem. "Losing an election to the far-right Nigel Farage suddenly he had a dream the previous night to blame migrants for the failure in the local election, in the by-election in England. "Brothers and sisters, this is a sad day." READ NEXT: Glasgow councillors debate Keir Starmer 'nation of strangers' speech (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) A statement from Stand Up To Racism Scotland added: "We reject the argument that migrants are responsible for low pay, unemployment, lack of housing or funding cuts in our schools, hospitals and community services. It wasn't migrants who stole winter fuel allowance from pensioners, scrapped welfare benefits or kept the two-child benefit cap. "Efforts to curb migration will only place more strains on already understaffed and underfunded care homes, the NHS and education centres, as well as our food security." Earlier this month, Keir Starmer stated that the UK is at risk of becoming a 'nation of strangers' and said high immigration had caused harm and must come down. He has also been criticised by Green and SNP councillors for aping the language of the far right and of Reform UK.
