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Farage's Reform storms into Scottish politics as SNP flops, Tories fail and Labour pulls off shock win

Commentary: Reform shows it can compete north of the border too

Evening Standard

Who is Arron Banks? The 'bad boy of Brexit' could be the next Reform UK chair

The Reform UK party has announced its mayoral candidate for the West of England. Here’s what you need to know.

Evening Standard

John Swinney defends ‘two-horse race’ comments after by-election loss to Labour

John Swinney has defended his decision to call the Hamilton by-election a “two-horse race” between the SNP and Reform UK, despite Labour’s…

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Swinney defends ‘two-horse race’ comments after by-election loss to Labour

The First Minister said ‘I called it the way I saw it’ when asked about his description of the Hamilton by-election.

Evening Standard

Who are the 'Brexit badboys' tipped to replace Zia Yusuf as Reform UK turmoil deepens

Nigel Farage allies Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore have emerged as favourites to take on the chairman role

Evening Standard

What the Hamilton by-election tells us about SNP chances for 2026

Amidst the bitter disappointment for the SNP of failing to live up to their tag as bookies' favourites in Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse, there…

The National (Scotland)

Voices: Inside the 24 hours in which Reform imploded

COMMENT: The surprise resignation of Reform’s chair Zia Yusuf in a row about banning the burqa isn’t the only setback that will halt the party’s forward march, says John Rentoul

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Ask women if burka is genuinely their choice, says Reform UK’s Richard Tice

The Reform UK deputy leader’s comments come after Zia Yusuf stood down as the party’s chairman.

Evening Standard

Tory proposal to leave ECHR would put peace in Northern Ireland at risk, Labour suggests – as it happened

Labour dismisses Kemi Badenoch speech on European convention on human rights as an attempt to appease Reform UK and Robert Jenrick

The Guardian - UK

Scots have ‘voted for change’, says Starmer following Labour’s surprise win

The Prime Minister congratulated his winning candidate and looked ahead to next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

Evening Standard

Hamilton byelection win is vindication of Scottish Labour’s doorstep strategy

Victory over SNP and Reform sends strong signal to Scotland’s political parties before next May’s Holyrood elections

The Guardian - UK

Starmer hails 'fantastic' shock win in Scotland by-election as SNP fail to hold seat after Reform surge

Labour’s Davy Russell said the win sent a message to Nigel Farage and “his mob”

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer’s muddled politics are reaching their limit. It’s time for him to make a choice

Veer left or double down on the right? Either way, the prime minister needs to commit and sell it to an impatient electorate, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Surprise Hamilton win ‘changes the script’ for Scottish Labour, leader says

Davy Russell won the contest, with the SNP coming narrowly ahead of Reform.

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I was there as SNP vote collapsed in Hamilton by-election

IT was a by-election no party wanted, and in particular the SNP.

The National (Scotland)

John Curtice issues verdict on Hamilton by-election after 'surprise' result

PROFESSOR John Curtice has issued a warning to both Labour and the SNP after the results of the by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse ...

Evening Standard

Labour scores surprise Holyrood by-election victory over SNP and Reform

Davy Russell won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, ahead of the SNP and Reform UK.

The National (Scotland)

'We have work to do': John Swinney reacts to shock Hamilton by-election loss

THE SNP "still have work to do" to turn around their electoral fortunes after they lost to Labour in the Hamilton by-election, John…

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Evening Standard

Banning burka should be debated, says Richard Tice after Reform chairman quits

Zia Yusuf announced he was standing down on Thursday, after criticising the party’s newest MP.

The National (Scotland)

Angus Robertson tears into BBC coverage of Hamilton by-election count on live TV

THE SNP’s Culture Secretary has torn into the BBC’s coverage of the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election count ...

Evening Standard

Counting begins in Hamilton by-election

Ballot boxes began arriving at South Lanarkshire Council’s headquarters just after 10pm.

Evening Standard

Badenoch ‘increasingly’ supportive of leaving ECHR as she launches exit probe

The Conservative leader is expected to set out her plans for a commission about whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

Evening Standard

Polls close in Hamilton by-election

The seat was vacated after the death of Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie.

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street exploring options for ‘progressive’ UK digital IDs

BritCard proposed by Labour Together as way to avoid another Windrush scandal and reduce visa overstayers

The National (Scotland)

Will there be a Hamilton by-election exit poll and when will the result come in?

CONSTITUENTS in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency have been casting their votes all day in the Holyrood by-election ...

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