Swinney announces summit to tackle far-right threat

SCOTTISH First Minister John Swinney has urged civic society and political leaders to unite against the far right in a move welcomed by trade unionists.
Slamming Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s “fundamentally racist view of the world,” he used his first press conference at his official Bute House residence to call for unity to face the rise of such parties.
Reform UK is now polling third in Scotland, behind the first-placed Scottish National Party and Labour.
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