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Tory MSP defects to Reform and appeals to ex-colleagues open to ‘fresh thinking’

Graham Simpson MSP has defected to Reform UK and opened the door for former Scottish Conservative colleagues to join him. The announcement came at a press conference in Broxburn, West Lothian, on Wednesday, where Mr Simpson appeared alongside Reform ...

27 Aug 2025 at 13:42

Farage: I want Reform to be strong enough to remove SNP from power next year

Nigel Farage has said he wants Reform UK to be “strong enough” in Scotland to “get rid of the SNP”, as he announced the first Conservative MSP to defect to his party. Mr Farage welcomed Graham Simpson to his party during a press conference in ...

27 Aug 2025 at 17:11

Scotland

New Reform MSP denies bullying female member of Tory staff

Newly-minted Reform MSP Graham Simpson has denied accusations from his former party that he bullied a member of staff. Within minutes of the announcement that he had left the Scottish Conservatives to join Reform, a source from his former ...

27 Aug 2025 at 15:52

Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he is “talking to Labour MPs about defections” as his party enjoys a membership surge. When the self-described “eco-populist” took the reins of the party at the beginning of September, he vowed ...

16 Oct 2025 at 20:12

Scotland

Who is Malcolm Offord, Reform UK’s leader in Scotland?

Nigel Farage has appointed former Tory UK government minister Malcolm Offord as his party’s Scottish leader. The former Lord Offord, Baron Offord of Garvel, is a Scottish politician who has been a member of the House of Lords since ...

15 Jan 2026 at 11:50

Tories lost Jenrick because of ‘personal ambition’, Badenoch tells party

The Conservative Party lost Robert Jenrick “not on ideology, but personal ambition”, Kemi Badenoch has told her backbench MPs in their first parliamentary gathering since the senior Tory defected to Reform UK. Ex-shadow justice ...

21 Jan 2026 at 20:26

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