DOZENS turned out for Clydebank Trade Union Council’s public meeting on tackling the far right on Monday night.

The meeting heard from Midya, a Kurdish refugee, who spoke of the struggles faced by women in Syria, warning that “thousands of IS prisoners have been released,” whipping up extremism leading to violence and murder.

Striking Unite workers, Max and Daniel from Vue Cinema and the Village Hotel meanwhile shared their experiences not only with employers, but as targets of far-right abuse both online and on the picket line.

Former SNP MP Chris Stephens noted that the Home Office had told MPs that “the biggest security threat to the UK is the far right,” and questioned what they had done to counter it.

Emphasising the need for those conversations, Dawn Brennan of Clydebank Women Supporting Women said: “We need to hold a mirror up to people when they say these things, so they can ask themselves, ‘Is this who we are’?”