#holyrood-election

#holyrood-election

With eight months still to go until the Holyrood election, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has confidently predicted that the Conservatives will soon cease to be a political force in Scotland. Farage was speaking as he announced that Graham Simpson had joined Reform after becoming the third MSP to quit the Tories in the past four months. It leaves Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay facing enormous questions about the future of his party, which is now consistently trailing Reform in opinion polls.

John Swinney wants to build the highest levels of support possible for Scottish independence, referencing the 1997 referendum where 74% wanted a Scottish parliament.