"Announcing his resignation from the Conservative party, Lord Offord said: "From today, for the next five months, day and night, I shall be campaigning with all of you tirelessly for two objectives. "The first objective is to remove this rotten SNP government after 18 years, and the second is to present a positive vision for Scotland inside the UK, to restore Scotland to being a prosperous, proud, healthy and happy country.""
"Lord Offord, who founded investment firm Badenoch and Co, was made a life peer in 2021 under Boris Johnson. He was also appointed as a junior minister in the Scotland office. Lord Offord previously donated almost 150,000 to the Conservative party. Following his peerage, he was made Baron Offord of Garvel, of Greenock in the County of Renfrew. He also served as served as a minister of exports from 2023 until the general election in June 2024."
Lord Malcolm Offord, a former Conservative business and Scotland Office minister, has joined Reform UK and was unveiled by Nigel Farage at a rally in Falkirk. He will stand down from the House of Lords and campaign as a Reform candidate in the 2026 Holyrood elections. He pledged five months of continuous campaigning to remove the SNP government after 18 years and to promote a positive vision for Scotland within the United Kingdom. Offord founded investment firm Badenoch and Co, was made a life peer in 2021, previously donated almost 150,000 to the Conservative Party, and served as a minister of exports until June 2024.
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