AN SNP councillor has thwarted the Brexit Party's poster campaign in Glasgow after it emerged they had broken city rules.
Calton councillor Greg Hepburn spotted the party's posters dotted around the Parkhead Forge, in the east of the city, and realised they did not adhere to Glasgow's fly-posting rules.
Fly-posting "is an illegal form of outdoor advertising providing a cheap and instant message", according to the Scottish Government.
For that reason, many cities have specific, authorised areas in which advertisements can be placed legally.
As the posters had not been put up in one of these officially recognised locations, Hepburn proceeded to take the signs down.
Happy to remove a tonne of fly-posted Brexit posters from around the Parkhead Forge. It would appear the Brexit Party are ignoring Glasgow’s anti fly-posting rules. Always pleased to help delitter the place. #voteSNP pic.twitter.com/1eQE2CHLqe
— Cllr Greg Hepburn (@FlashHepburn) May 18, 2019
"Always pleased to help delitter the place," the councillor wrote.
Nigel Farage's Brexit Party have been campaigning in Glasgow – where 66.6% of people voted to Remain – today ahead of the European elections next week.
On Twitter, Glaswegians made their distate for the party clear.
Yesterday, leader Farage appeared in Edinburgh at a party rally and told supporters that Scottish independence is the "most dishonest political discourse I've ever seen anywhere in the world".
READ MORE: Nigel Farage says Scottish independence is 'most dishonest political discourse in the world'
He said he was "very Unionist", but attempted to appeal to independence supporters to vote for the Brexit Party next week.
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