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“Put them in camps and deport them.”
That is the view on illegal immigrants of Faten Hameed, who has passed the vetting stage and is now hoping to stand for Reform UK in next year’s Scottish parliamentary elections.
Ms Hameed, who moved to Scotland from Iraq 30 years ago, believes the country is now “drained” and says asylum seekers “shouldn’t be here”.
She is one of about 1,000 members of Reform’s branch in Glasgow, with the party attempting to come from nothing to become Holyrood’s second largest.
Reform rarely opens up, with the party often keeping events quiet and relying on encrypted WhatsApp groups to coordinate their efforts.
But we’ve been given exclusive access to a branch meeting inside a small bowling club.
The group’s discussion is raw and unfiltered.
‘Natives first’
Grant Caldwell didn’t mince his words.
“I am sick of the same old politics,” he said.
Asked what he wanted changed, he said: “I am more concerned about the social housing aspect from native people.
Niall (left) and Grant say homeless Scots should be prioritised for housing
“There is a lot of homeless Scots that aren’t getting a bed or a homeless accommodation – to suit the migrants.
“Natives first, I think.
“Obviously, I don’t mind helping people out, but we have to prioritise our own people first.”
Nodding along beside him is Niall.
A former UKIP member, he tells me Reform now feels like home.
We then meet Audrey Dempsey, who quit as a Labour councillor after being accused of making racist remarks.
She now represents Reform in Glasgow.
“If they [migrants] were arriving in the country, and they were fitting in with our culture and values and learning our way of life then that would be more than welcome,” she says.
Asked what she meant, Ms…
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