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Evening Standard

Politics

Craig Meighan

Offord: ‘Racist’ used too loosely and is too accusatory

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Reform UK Scottish leader Malcolm Offord at a press conference at the Macdonald Norwood Hall Hotel in Aberdeen, whilst campaigning for the upcoming Holyrood election. Picture date: Wednesday April 8, 2026. - (PA Wire)

The word “racist” has become “dangerously damaged” and is being used “too loosely”, Lord Malcolm Offord has said.

The Reform UK Scotland leader also said the term was now “too accusatory”.

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