A loose network of far-right-linked accounts helped herald almost daily anti-immigration protests across Glasgow, including a Thursday rally outside the New Gorbals Housing Association. On Thursday in Glasgow, men filmed inside the building while standing outside it, and the housing association closed its doors for the day because of the potential for trouble.
Roughly 40 people answered the call to attend the Gorbals event at Crown Street. Some were local residents with valid housing concerns, while others were drawn in by AI-generated posters that claimed migrants were being prioritized over locals.
Unite The Clans on Facebook
The National said a number of the protests across Glasgow had been amplified by a loose network of anti-immigration activists and far-right-linked groups. Unite The Clans had more than 50,000 followers on Facebook alone, started in Aberdeen under the name Aberdeen Against Illegal Migration, and organizes and attends anti-immigration protests across Scotland.
Earlier this year, Unite The Clans attended a protest at the Scottish Parliament. It also shared posters advertising the Glasgow protests beforehand and posted videos from the protests after they happened.
Tommy Robinson later amplified a video that falsely labelled the father-of-three in the Gorbals as an invader filming children in a park. Police said the allegation was false, and the father-of-three has since received death threats and fears for his family's safety.
False claims in Glasgow
The Gorbals rally did not stand alone. On July 8, a protest in Castlemilk led police to say the person living in the targeted property was an innocent member of the public, after online claims described that person as a migrant and sex offender.
Windows were smashed in Castlemilk on July 8, and police issued a warning about hate crime and violent disorder after the protest. A few days later, officers said online speculation had led to a care home being targeted in Possilpark.
For residents in Glasgow, the practical issue is no longer just who turns up on the street. It is which online claims spread fast enough to pull people into a neighborhood, which then can turn a housing dispute into a target for threats, police attention, and forced closure.
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