NIGEL Farage is in Scotland today – as two major polls show support for Reform UK plummeting north of the Border.
The Reform UK leader said he was in Edinburgh to "meet with Malcolm Offord and his team", where he was pictured posing with MSPs .
In a post on social media, Farage added: "Scotland needs Reform."
I have just arrived in Edinburgh to meet with @Malcolm_Offord and his team. Scotland needs Reform. 🏴
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) September 28, 2026
Nigel Farage visits Holyrood with Malcolm Offord MSP and his team, Edinburgh. 📸 pic.twitter.com/1qLzN3z9ZL
— Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) September 28, 2026
It comes as polling shows support for Reform UK declining in Scotland.
Over the weekend, an MRP poll by think tank More in Common found that Reform would win just one seat in Scotland if a General Election were held tomorrow.
Farage's party is predicted to pick up Central Ayrshire, currently held by Labour's Alan Gemmell.
But this result is a sharp contrast from More in Common's last MRP poll in July, which showed Reform picking up six seats in Scotland.
The MRP method combines survey data with demographic and geographic modelling to estimate public opinion at constituency level.
And in a second MRP by YouGov which was published last week , Reform are predicted to win two seats – Central Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, currently held by the SNP's Seamus Logan.
The SNP hit out at Farage's visit, with MSP David Linden telling The National: “These Westminster establishment clowns could not care less about Scotland and no doubt Nigel Farage thinks a jaunt up to Scotland will give him breathing space from Reform’s collapse in the polls.
“Make no mistake, London-based Westminster types like Farage just want their hands on our energy resources for south of the Border and to spread hate and division in every corner of these islands.
“Through a fresh start with independence, we can be free of Farage and build a wealthier Scotland anew.”
Meanwhile, Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay told The National: “Reform likes to point fingers and call people strangers, but the only stranger here is Nigel Farage. He knows nothing about Scotland and cares even less.
“This is a man who has spent years trashing the Scottish Parliament, campaigning to abolish and replace MSPs with Westminster MPs, but today, Nigel Farage has finally found something he likes about the Scottish Parliament: Somewhere to have his photograph taken."
Mackay said that if Farage "thinks a few pictures with Malcolm Offord and Thomas Kerr will reverse Reform UK's falling support, he's in for a big disappointment".
The Greens co-leader said that while Farage "seems happy to pose for the cameras in Holyrood", he "suddenly becomes camera-shy" when asked "who is bankrolling his party".
Reform has come under intense criticism over the donations it has received, including two record-breaking £72 million donations from crypto billionaires.
Farage is also under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift he failed to declare in his register of interests.
Mackay continued: “When he claims to stand up for ordinary people and scapegoats people born in other countries – whilst his party pockets tens of millions from foreign based crypto-billionaires – there are serious questions about Reform UK’s funding that even Farage can’t just brush aside.
“That’s why the Scottish Greens are calling for stronger rules on political donations, starting with tougher checks on where the money comes from and proper enforcement.
"People deserve to know who is funding the parties asking for their votes, and despite what Reform UK says, our democracy should never be up for sale to the highest bidder.”
