Nigel Farage

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Reform UK records highest level of support in Scotland in new poll

The visit to a Glasgow chip shop by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice last week proved to be somewhat chaotic (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Lefty-liberals who sneer at Reform voters are increasing their numbers John McLellan

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stands near an ASRAAM missile during a visit to RAF Northolt in north London last week (Picture: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Rachedl Reeves doesn't need to cut benefits

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Reform the 3rd most popular party in Scotland ahead of the Tories

He’ll hold it but he won’t eat it

Tice's Scotland trip was mortifying but that won't worry Reform Alexander Brown

Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice speaks to the media during a visit to Glasgow (Picture: John Devlin)

How Scottish Tories can see off threat posed by Farage and Reform UK Scotsman comment

Analysis Reform UK's Richard Tice gets battered at chaotic Glasgow chippy visit

Reform UK's Richard Tice fails to know the name of new defectors

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Three more Scottish councillors expected to defect to Reform UK

Keir Starmer addressed MPs after Sunday's summit

Analysis Starmer's put-down of Farage shows the Commons is united behind him

Nigel Farage is an awful person but he is not looking to break up the UK (Picture: Benjamin Cremel)

Why John Swinney is a greater Kremlin asset than Nigel Farage Brian Wilson

Political scientist Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

John Curtice suggests John Swinney's anti-Reform summit will help SNP

If Vladimir Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, his ambitions will not end there (Picture: Valery Sharifulin)

Why Corbyn and Farage are 'useful idiots' for Putin Joani Reid

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

John Swinney: Nigel Farage is a far right 'accomplice' to Russia

Former Scottish Conservative candidate Thomas Kerr has defected to Reform UK. Picture: John Linton/PA Wire

Scottish Tory politician branded a 'racist' for switching to Reform

'Not rummaging': Starmer dodges question over Scottish election hopes

Reform not as big an issue for Labour as people think, say pollsters

Keir Starmer: Do not vote for 'dangerous' politics of Nigel Farage

Agreeing with Nigel Farage's views on immigration is not the way to defeat him (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Labour's hardline stance on immigration is playing into Farage's hands Alistair Carmichael

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party lost out because of the first-past-the-post system in July's general election, but could start to benefit from it if their vote share rises (Picture: Carl Court)

Why UK's voting system could benefit Nigel Farage's Reform UK Willie Sullivan

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Blow for Scottish Tories as another councillor defects to Reform

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Poll: Labour set for worst Holyrood election result since devolution

Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with Dr Beth Upton, a trans woman. She has taken NHS Fife to an employment tribunal. PIC: John Devlin.

We need a progressive political party to protect women's rights Euan McColm

As oil and gas supplies dwindle and the fight against climate change becomes urgent, more and more wind farms are being allowed by government (Picture: William Edwards/ AFP)

Readers' Letters: Why is scandal of constraint payments being ignored?

Sturgeon on copying Farage's Reform and cosying up to Donald Trump

Protestors block an immigration enforcement van, stopping it from leaving Glasgow's Kenmure Street in Nicola Sturgeon's constituency in May 2021 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Immigrants should be welcomed into our rapidly aging society

Analysis How Farage's Reform UK aims to lob a grenade into Scottish politics

Nigel Farage

Sarwar leaves door open to working with Reform on individual issues

Starmer's silence on damage of Brexit down to fear of Farage Euan McColm

Nigel Farage was the most popular choice for Prime Minister among Scottish voters in one recent poll. Picture: Justin Tallis

Exclusive Nigel Farage's Reform UK accused of 'hiding away' from Scottish voters

First Minister John Swinney and Nigel Farage MP

Exclusive John Swinney: Tories about to be 'consumed' by Nigel Farage's Reform

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement at 10 Downing Street in London on the public inquiry into the Southport attacks.

Analysis Why questions asked of Starmer on Southport murders were ill-informed

Nigel Farage was the most popular choice for Prime Minister among Scottish voters in one recent poll (Picture: Justin Tallis)

Why Scottish Tories are wrong to say vote for Reform is vote for SNP Brian Monteith

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Scottish Tories told to brace for further defections to Reform UK

Thomas Kerr

Senior Scottish Tory councillor defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has been challenging Labour and the Conservatives for top spot in recent polls (Picture: Carl Court)

How 1930s-style decline of liberalism puts world on course for war Ian Johnston

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Voting Reform in Scotland will only benefit SNP, warns Tory leader

US President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in November last year (Picture: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Elon Musk and Donald Trump alliance will not last

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson's centre-right policies worked in the past and can do so again (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why Tories cannot defeat Farage's Reform UK by copying their policies Murdo Fraser

Murdo Fraser MSP

Exclusive The Ruth Davidson secret to reviving the Scottish Conservatives

Elon Musk has frequently campaigned for right-wing parties

Elon Musk is getting more involved in UK politics, and what MPs think Alexander Brown

Elon Musk's ambition to Occupy Mars is commendable, but his politics are deeply alarming (Picture: Michael Gonzalez)

Elon Musk is a genius. But his influence makes me fear for democracy Ian Johnston

Why Scottish political establishment writes off Nigel Farage at their peril Euan McColm

Nigel Farage is an ally of Donald Trump despite the US President-elect's 'America First' policy (Picture: Brendan Smialowski)

Reason why populists are so thin-skinned reveals how to defeat them Stephen Gethins

MP for Clacton and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage also reportedly banked £1.5 million for appearing in the jungle in 2023. The rightwing politician was a controversial booking, but went on to come third in the series.

Reform UK sack senior Scottish figure from party

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Politicians must take on Reform in battle of ideas Scotsman comment

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

SNP will focus on solutions to combat Reform, First Minister says

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