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Political establishment ‘petrified’ of Reform, party candidate says

Thomas Kerr reiterated his party’s plans to open migration detention centres in areas that back the Scottish Greens, saying it is about ‘fairness’.

Evening Standard

Why have the Tory defections to Reform dried up?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at why a steady stream of Tory defectors to Reform appears to have dried up after Nigel Farage set a deadline of Thursday 7 May

The Independent UK

Green vote would force Offord to pay ‘fair share’ towards public services

Ross Greer decried the Reform UK party as ‘toxic’.

Evening Standard

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Putting detention centres in Green seats ‘democratically fair’, says Offord

The plans were revealed on Sunday.

Evening Standard

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

The Reform UK Scotland leader said Scots were raising legitimate concerns about fairness.

Evening Standard

Arm all police with Tasers as Glasgow has become lawless under SNP – Reform

Party candidate and Glasgow councillor Thomas Kerr said ‘mass illegal migration is pushing Glasgow to breaking point and anarchy’.

Evening Standard

Reform’s Offord says no backlash to debate comments about his success

The Reform UK Scottish leader was earlier branded ‘out of touch’ after telling a TV election debate he owns six houses, five cars and six boats.

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How immigration is playing a role in the Scottish election, even though policy is set in Westminster

No single issue has dominated the agenda ahead of the Scottish parliament election in May. But immigration, despite being a matter not devolved to Holyrood, has been part of campaigns. This is because some parties use it to feed wider anxieties about housing, jobs, public services and identity.

The Conversation

Tories are party of aspiration, says Findlay in warning over ‘politics of envy’

The Scottish Conservative leader was speaking after Reform UK Scotland boss Malcolm Offord said he owns six houses, five cars and six boats.

Evening Standard

‘Reform is an acute threat to Scottish self-government,’ says John Swinney

Polling puts Reform, led in Scotland by former peer Malcolm Offord, neck and neck with Labour for second place

The Guardian - UK

Politicians step up campaigning with one week to go until Holyrood ballot

Voters will elect 129 MSPs in next weeks Scottish Parliament elections, with polls tipping the SNP to once again be the largest party at Holyrood.

Evening Standard

SNP majority would stop Farage at the border, Swinney says

The First Minister said an SNP majority would lock Reform UK out of power in Scotland.

Evening Standard

Reform Scottish leader criticised for saying he owns six houses, six boats and five cars

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The Independent UK

Swinney blasts Reform Scottish leader as ‘completely and utterly out of touch’

The SNP leader hit out in the wake of Malcolm Offord revealing to TV viewers that he owns six houses, five cars and six boats.

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The Guardian - UK

Reform’s Scottish leader called ‘tone deaf’ after boasting about his houses, cars and yachts

SNP leader John Swinney suggests Malcolm Offord and other leaders should publish tax returns before 7 May

The Independent UK

Reform have ‘poisoned’ campaign, claims Swinney as Offord urged to apologise

The leaders of the six largest parties in Scotland clashed in an STV debate on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Martin Compston joins John Swinney to warn of ‘significant threat’ from Reform

The actor campaigned for the SNP alongside the party’s leader in Greenock on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

‘This election is all to play for’: Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?

Anas Sarwar speaks to the Guardian about why he thinks the polls are wrong and how he hopes to end the SNP’s near 20-year dominance at Holyrood

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Evening Standard

I want Reform to get ‘absolutely pumped’ in next month’s election – Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was again asked about claims he had approached Lord Malcolm Offord with an offer of working together to oust the SNP.

Evening Standard

Reform making ‘fake promises based on fantasy economics’, union boss warns

STUC leader Roz Foyer also described the feud between Scottish Labour and Reform as a ‘psychodrama’.

Evening Standard

Reform are ‘unedifying people’ and I hope they get ‘hammered’ at polls – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was speaking during a Holyrood election campaign visit to Glasgow on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Reform MSP called party’s Scottish leader ‘useless’, says Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said Graham Simpson was ‘very apologetic’ about a ‘racist’ attack ad from Reform.

Evening Standard

Reform urges Sarwar to back Offord as first minister

A recent poll suggested a possible unionist majority in Holyrood.

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch calls Farage an ‘opportunist’ after he urges Scottish nationalists to back Reform

Tory leader criticises Farage for saying that holding another independence vote ‘probably quite reasonable’

Evening Standard

Use King’s US visit as leverage to ‘bring Trump to his senses’ – Cole-Hamilton

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader was speaking on the Holyrood election campaign trail on Thursday.

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