Campaigners claim the Council tried to hide the Dinner at the publicly owned Museum 

250 ATTENDEES at the arms fair controversially taking place in Glasgow from 26-28 June wined and dined in the main hall of Kelvingrove Art Museum on Tuesday evening [26 June], leading to peace campaigners to question attempts by the Council to distance themselves from the event in recent days.

CommonSpace reports from the protest against the controversial Undersea Defence Technology conference

OUTSIDE THE Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow today (26 June), demonstrators gathered to protest the first day of the Undersea Defence Technology conference, labelled an arms fair by outraged campaigners.

Protest at UDT conference demands Glasgow city council take action to prevent any future arms fairs

GLASGOW SNP COUNCILLOR Graham Campbell spoke at the protest outside the Under Sea Defence Technology (UDT) arms conference in Glasgow today (26 June), where he told demonstrators that SNP council members “don’t support what’s happening in there”.

The councillor for Springburn and Robroyston was joined by members of SNP Socialists at the rally outside the Scottish Events Campus (SEC), which he estimated to be around 500-strong.

Council spokesperson: “There was clearly some confusion about what [the People Make Glasgow logo] represented on this occasion, so we agreed with the organiser that it was better to remove it.”

GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL’S People Make Glasgow logo has been removed from the website of the arms fair set to take place in one week in Glasgow, but the Council say they are still providing practical support for the event.

Glasgow City Council rejects claims of conference Trident links and dodges questions on concerns over student recruitment

GLASGOW CITY council faced renewed criticism over failure to distance itself from the city’s upcoming Under Defence Technology (UDT) conference after revelations that a student recruitment drive led by Trident experts will take place at the event.   

The session, labelled “Year of Engineering Talk 2018 - Why should I work for defence?”, will be held on the second day (27 June) of the conference at the Scottish Events Campus.

Millitary equipment which helps to maintain the Gaza blockade will be exhibited at Glasgow's very own arms fair later this month

THE manufacturer of an underwater detection system which helps to maintain the Gaza blockade will be exhibited at an arms fair in Glasgow this month, which is controversially backed by the SNP-led City Council.

Campaigners have slammed the ccouncil for supporting the event, previously dubbed a "carnival of militarism", which will take place at the SEC from 26 to 28 June.

Glasgow arms fair will discuss underwater weapon requirements in light of “commitment to the Astute and Dreadnought submarines”

GLASGOW CITY council has maintained that the controversial Undersea Defence Technology conference set to take place next month will not feature discussion of Trident nuclear weapons, despite a session advertised online which refers to the Dreadnought submarines which will carry the new Trident missiles.

Council deputy leader refused to rule out future arms fairs in the city

CAMPAIGNERS have accused the SNP-led Glasgow City Council of trying to “whitewash” an arms fair set to take place in the city.

The Underwater Defence Technology (UDT) exhibition will be held at the city’s SEC from 26-28 June.