A MAN behind an anti-immigration campaign to raise Saltires called for refugees to be “gassed”, reports have said.
The Daily Record reports that Kieran Logan – co-runner of the Tartan Team campaign – mocked the death of migrants on a sunken boat, calling it “f*****g amazing" in a social media post.
Team Tartan encouraged people to hang Scotland flags on lamp posts across Glasgow as part of the Raise the Colours campaign, and paints itself as a group of “young dads” with fears over illegal immigration.
Logan, 27, shared videos praising Hitler and said “gas them all” in reference to asylum seekers on his now-deleted Twitter/X account. He also praised comments from far-right agitator Tommy Robinson, who celebrated “beautiful scenes” of Saltires being raised across Scotland.
In a children’s play park in Glasgow, “sink the boats” was spray-painted on a wall next to one of the flags, though the Tartan Team has denied any links to the graffiti.
Council staff in Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Stirling tasked with removing flags were met with abuse. A spokesperson for Aberdeenshire Council previously told The National : “Sadly, we have also seen a rise in our staff being threatened when taking [flags] down.
“It is entirely unacceptable to threaten any of our staff carrying out their jobs, and we will be asking the police to get involved.”
Members of the public in Maryhill, Glasgow, were pictured and posted on the Tartan Team Facebook page, accompanied by a message reading: “Can anyone name these scum?”
The Raise the Colours campaign began in England, with participants flying Union Jacks and St George flags in a so-called display of patriotism, though the Record reports that anti-racist campaigners have said the movement is being spurred by far-right agitators.
The Glasgow Bell linked Logan to a Team Tartan crowdfunder and revealed that Logan had called for asylum seekers to be gassed several times on Twitter/X.
The publication also directly linked Logan to the flag campaign, having verified a Facebook comment he posted which read: “Time for a stand people if you want involved in the movement give me a message and I’ll get you flags sorted or if you need help getting your flag up.”
Logan also shared an AI generated image on Instagram of a white woman surrounded by men portrayed as Muslims with the caption: “Perverts need to go, every one a [sic] them.”
The 27-year-old also commented on a story covering the death of roughly 26 migrants in Italy, calling it “amazing” accompanied by laughing emojis and urging them to “stay in your own country”.
Logan shared clips on Twitter/X last month of American conspiracy theorist Ken O’Keefe, who claimed that “Nazi” was a “derogatory” name created by Jewish people before praising Adolf Hitler, saying that the “answer for America today lies in the one place everybody mind-controlled will never look”.
SNP MSP Bob Doris, who raised Saltires and anti-migrant graffiti during First Minister’s Questions, told the Sunday Mail: “There is nothing racist in flying the Saltire. The important thing is that we show kindness, dignity, and respect. These posts fall far short of that ambition.”
Independence campaign group All Under One Banner previously urged against the "perversion" of the Saltire, saying: "Scotland's National flag – the Saltire, the St. Andrew's Cross – symbolises the country of Scotland and the Scottish people, representing the people's welcoming nature and the country's strong character.
“The Saltire being raised in places just now in Scotland in solidarity with 'operation raise the colours' is not Scotland's flag. That Saltire is the Saltire of the Union; the Union to exploit Scotland, the British flag, the Butcher’s apron, that imperial monstrosity, a flag of racism and colonialism.
“That Saltire is for the exploitation of the people of Scotland, to divide us and maintain London rule."
The Tartan Team has said their campaign is not anti-immigration.
