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Nigel Farage is “selling snake oil”, former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. ‌

She spoke about the Reform UK leader on Monday evening at Wigtown Book Festival, where she was discussing her new memoir, Frankly. ‌

When asked about voters being disillusioned with the established parties, Ms Sturgeon said Mr Farage’s party had risen because “people are alienated from traditional politics”. ‌

She said: “Those problems are not imagined. They’re real. And no politician worth their salt should pretend that if people are being tempted by Farage, it makes them bad people.

“But Farage is selling snake oil, and he’s looking for scapegoats. Farage’s analysis is that it’s all immigrants that are causing the problems. But the idea that the UK’s problems a

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