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Reform UK leader Mr Farage confirmed his party s presence in Scotland will be spearheaded by ex-Tory MSP Michelle Ballantyne, with the one-time Scottish Tory leader hopeful set to unleash the candidates for May s Holyrood elections. Ms Ballantyne vowed to make a positive case for the Union , arguing that should Scotland leave the UK their dream will deliver chaos . The Scottish National Party (SNP) and leader Nicola Sturgeon have long argued for an independent Scotland, and in recent months polling suggests the tide may be leaning towards a vote t
ALTHOUGH I am absolutely not a Conservative supporter, I feel that the Tories have been shafted by one of their own. Michelle Ballantyne, a list MSP where I live in the Borders, has jumped ship to become Scottish leader of Reform UK, the Brexit Party by a new name. No-one elected her in that role and if she stands at the next Holyrood election for Reform UK, she will very probably lose her deposit. I understood that the list was there to adjust the number of MSPs a party should have in accordance with the system’s proportional-representation principle. Individuals are not on the list unless they specifically say they are standing as individuals (eg the late Margo MacDonald).
First the good news. Whether you supported it or not, Brexit it is over. It has happened. Elvis has left the building, so to speak. You are – I think – going to hear a lot less from me about Brexit.
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The SNP said Nigel Farage s Reform Party and its toxic brand of politics is not welcome here in Scotland NIGEL Farage’s right-wing party has come under fire for seeking to harness support among critics of lockdown by launching an attack on a “Holyrood consensus” around restrictions to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Richard Tice, the UK chair of the Reform Party, which changed its name last week from the Brexit Party, is to lead an online press conference this morning to introduce its Scottish leader. Ahead of the event, the party said why the event was “to announce some exciting new developments on the Scottish political scene”.