Swinney – Reform voters in Hamilton by-election ‘angry’, not racist

Labour won the by-election, ahead of the SNP in second place and Reform in third (PA) - (PA Wire)

John Swinney has said Scots who voted for Reform in a by-election last week were “angry”, not racist.

The First Minister was asked on the BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show if those who backed Reform were “gullible” or “racist” – a term the SNP leader has previously used to describe the party.