Glasgow councillors have condemned the racist remarks made by the Reform Party leader last week demanding he “leave our children alone”.

It comes following comments made by Nigel Farage describing multilingualism in Glaswegian schools as “cultural smashing” claiming that one in three pupils in the city speak English as a second language.

During this morning’s full council meeting , elected members agreed that Glasgow’s multi-lingualism is a gift not a threat and is one of the city’s greatest strengths and that the comments made were a “toxic disgrace”.

An emergency motion was brought before councillors by SNP councillor Declan Blench who said this was an attempt to “sow division” within Glasgow schools based on the ethnicity, nationality and language of school children.

He said t

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