A counter-protest is planned in George Square tomorrow as an anti-immigration rally has been scheduled. Cllr Aitken wants to see Glasgow's multiculturalism celebrated.
Council leader Susan Aitken has said far-right figures like Tommy Robinson are not welcome in Glasgow, as she called for a “celebration of this diverse, multicultural city” in George Square tomorrow.
Ahead of a council meeting next week where she will present a motion condemning the far-right, Cllr Aitken said: “I think it’s very important that elected leaders use their voices to provide not just reassurance but solidarity for the folk who have been targeted by far-right ideologues and criminals and thugs.
Her motion asks the council to declare “its solidarity with Glasgow’s global majority and migrant communities” and “deeply regrets the climate of fear and vulnerability that has been created”.
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