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From the article Was this proof that Nigel Farage had a point? Last weekend the Reform UK leader used a speech in Scotland to warn that one in three children in Glasgow did not have English as their first language. This, he said, amounted to the “cultural smashing” of the city. The photograph, a Farage supporter might argue, was an illustration of what he was talking about. This, so the logic might go, was typical of Glasgow in 2025. A city suddenly swamped by foreigners with foreign ways and foreign tongues. A city where not even our playparks were safe from an alien influx. Except, no. This picture was taken by an amateur photographer, Eric Watt, in Maxwell Park in May 1974, more than half a century ago. The brown kids playing on that roundabout would be in their late fifties now, many with children of their own, maybe grandchildren too.
From the article Was this proof that Nigel Farage had a point? Last weekend the Reform UK leader used a speech in Scotland to warn that one in three children in Glasgow did not have English as their first language. This, he said, amounted to the “cultural smashing” of the city. The photograph, a Farage supporter might argue, was an illustration of what he was talking about. This, so the logic might go, was typical of Glasgow in 2025. A city suddenly swamped by foreigners with foreign ways and foreign tongues. A city where not even our playparks were safe from an alien influx. Except, no. This picture was taken by an amateur photographer, Eric Watt, in Maxwell Park in May 1974, more than half a century ago. The brown kids playing on that roundabout would be in their late fifties now, many with children of their own, maybe grandchildren too.
From the article Was this proof that Nigel Farage had a point? Last weekend the Reform UK leader used a speech in Scotland to warn that one in three children in Glasgow did not have English as their first language. This, he said, amounted to the “cultural smashing” of the city. The photograph, a Farage supporter might argue, was an illustration of what he was talking about. This, so the logic might go, was typical of Glasgow in 2025. A city suddenly swamped by foreigners with foreign ways and foreign tongues. A city where not even our playparks were safe from an alien influx. Except, no. This picture was taken by an amateur photographer, Eric Watt, in Maxwell Park in May 1974, more than half a century ago. The brown kids playing on that roundabout would be in their late fifties now, many with children of their own, maybe grandchildren too.
From the linkedd article, an amaterurphotograph from 1975 put a one to Farage and his ilk. Text reads A picture that smashes Nigel Farage’s fear-mongering new The Reform leader portrays Glasgow as swamped by foreigners but his monomania is in contrast to Scotland’s vibrant culture Kenny Farquharson Tuesday December 09 2025, 6.00pm GMT, The Times I had a wander around a new exhibition of photography at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow this week and one particular picture caught my eye. The exhibition is called Still Glasgow and it features some tremendous photographs by luminaries including Oscar Marzaroli and David Eustace. The picture that caught my eye showed a dozen or so kids messing around on a roundabout in a playpark. What a lovely portrait of childhood innocence, I thought. On closer inspection, more than half the kids had brown skin.
From the linkedd article, an amaterurphotograph from 1975 put a one to Farage and his ilk. Text reads A picture that smashes Nigel Farage’s fear-mongering new The Reform leader portrays Glasgow as swamped by foreigners but his monomania is in contrast to Scotland’s vibrant culture Kenny Farquharson Tuesday December 09 2025, 6.00pm GMT, The Times I had a wander around a new exhibition of photography at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow this week and one particular picture caught my eye. The exhibition is called Still Glasgow and it features some tremendous photographs by luminaries including Oscar Marzaroli and David Eustace. The picture that caught my eye showed a dozen or so kids messing around on a roundabout in a playpark. What a lovely portrait of childhood innocence, I thought. On closer inspection, more than half the kids had brown skin.
From the linkedd article, an amaterurphotograph from 1975 put a one to Farage and his ilk. Text reads A picture that smashes Nigel Farage’s fear-mongering new The Reform leader portrays Glasgow as swamped by foreigners but his monomania is in contrast to Scotland’s vibrant culture Kenny Farquharson Tuesday December 09 2025, 6.00pm GMT, The Times I had a wander around a new exhibition of photography at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow this week and one particular picture caught my eye. The exhibition is called Still Glasgow and it features some tremendous photographs by luminaries including Oscar Marzaroli and David Eustace. The picture that caught my eye showed a dozen or so kids messing around on a roundabout in a playpark. What a lovely portrait of childhood innocence, I thought. On closer inspection, more than half the kids had brown skin.