A RALLY organised by far-right astroturf outfit the Pink Ladies was outnumbered five to one by anti-racists on Glasgow Green on Saturday.

The group, who claim to stand up for women’s rights, but stand with convicted domestic abusers, online fascist grifter Craig Houston, and Reform politicians such as local councillor Audrey Dempsey and MSP Thomas Kerr, gathered in their dozens close to the People’s Palace at the park’s east end.

The group had shared fascist posts on last week’s arson attack on a social housing development, stating: “Apartments renovated for third World migrants on fire in Glasgow today: Let’s make Britain White and Great Again!”

But they faced a hundreds-strong counter demonstration organised by Stand Up to Racism and Women Against the Far Right Scotland.

Dismissing the Pink Ladies’ claims to stand up for women, STUC general secretary Roz Foyer said: “It just confounds belief that people are prepared to weaponise a really important issue like violence against women and girls and use it to create more hate, more division and more fear in our communities and in our society.”

She said: “I’m much more worried about the very angry people who are dressing in black, wearing masks and running about our city centre at the moment, trying to attack ordinary citizens who are just going about their daily business.

“Much more worried and much more fearful of that than I am of any migrants coming into our country.”

The demonstrations came just 24 hours after Police Scotland dismissed Reform MSP Thomas Kerr’s claims that human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar had committed hate speech as he addressed an anti-racism rally on the Green at the end of July.

Welcoming the outcome, Mr Anwar said: “It’s Reform that is regularly accused of inflaming hate and racism.

“Maybe Mr Kerr should worry more about the stench of corruption and race hate in his own party, and deal with those in his party so comfortable sharing platforms with Nazi-saluting and balaclava-wearing thugs causing mayhem on our streets.”

He added: “I appreciate Thomas Kerr could never be accused of being the brightest but his complaint about my speech that attacked the racist bigots in Belfast really was a pathetic waste of police time.

“‘Useless’ and ‘irony’ are words sadly wasted on Scotland’s pound-shop Tommy Robinson.”