A group led by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson blocked off the fire exits of a library, the Scottish MP they tried to confront has said.

Daniel Thomas, 29, who was jailed two years ago for the attempted armed kidnapping of a man in Hampshire, was among them.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, disrupted two MP surgeries on Friday in his efforts to confront Stewart McDonald, the Glasgow South MP, over comments in the House of Commons.

The hall keeper at Kennishead community hall was one of the first to call the police after Robinson and his cameraman burst in. The second confrontation was at Pollokshaws library after Robinson, co-founder of the English Defence League, arrived in a Mercedes people carrier with