To Falkirk, where Nigel Farage has flown ahead of the Holyrood elections – to announce another big name member of Reform UK. Now Lord Offord has jumped ship to Reform – and he intends to stand for election in Scotland next year. The businessman was given a peerage in 2021 by Boris Johnson and even served as a minister of exports from 2023 until the election the following year. Malcolm Offord’s move marks the latest high-profile defection to Reform UK, its first member of the House of Lords – and Steerpike has heard whisperings he could become the party’s Scottish leader next year…

Farage’s party is polling at around 20 per cent north of the border – and senior party figures tell Mr S that they believe they will become the official opposition party in Holyrood next year, bumping the Scotti

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