People of Glasgow won’t let Nigel Farage turn children into targets

I REFER to the article on Nigel Farage ’s attack on Glasgow’s multilingual school children in Thursday’s National.

To every multilingual child in Glasgow and beyond, bravo. Growing up with more than one language sharpens attention, flexibility and problem-solving. Glasgow needs more multilingual children, not fewer.

Nigel Farage is deliberately targeting the children of people of colour and of refugee or immigrant backgrounds. It is harmful and it is dangerous.

Speaking more than one language is a huge advantage. Targeting migrant children, in a climate where racist abuse is already a daily reality for many, is another deliberate dog whistle and a disgrace. Reform’s rhetoric mirrors the transatlantic far-right’s fixation on monoculture and manufactured panic about diversity.

Glasgow