Reform’s Scottish leader defends candidates after ‘fruity’ comments emerge

Reform candidate for Scottish Parliament said Humza Yousaf is ‘not British’

Reform UK is once again in hot water for the comments made by one of their candidates for public office. This time, it’s Linda Holt – a candidate for the Scottish Parliament – that’s in the spotlight. Holt is standing for Reform in May’s Scottish Parliament elections in the Fife North East constituency. The Courier has discovered that Holt has made a number of inflammatory comments on social media, particularly about the former first minister of…

Reform’s Scottish leader defends candidates after ‘fruity’ comments emerge

One candidate reportedly previously said on social media that Muslims should be deported. The leader of Reform UK Scotland has defended his Holyrood candidates’ “fruity” comments after it emerged they had backed Tommy Robison and accused former first minister Humza Yousaf of being an “Islamist”. Malcolm Offord said he was aware of the posts on social media and urged people to “not take offence at every moment in time”. He also defended Sarah Poc…