SDL: You’re not welcome here and you never will be.

On Saturday, a small faction of Scotland’s shame brought it upon themselves to host a hate-filled demonstration in George Square.

The Scottish Defence League, or SDL, took to Glasgow’s city centre in a bid to put across their racist views – the view that immigrants and refugees are not welcome in Scotland.

It makes me laugh. No more than three months ago, thousands of Glaswegians joined refugees in the very same spot  to show solidarity with our new family.

Five thousand marched in support of refugees back then. On Saturday, no more than 30 people (and that’s an optimistic estimate) stood against.

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