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Farage's Reform sets sights on Scotland and Wales in battle for Britain

Polls show Reform could become the official opposition in both devolved parliaments as voters turn to its oil, gas and fishing pledges.

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James Buchan, a former fisherman in the Scottish port of Peterhead, has swallowed his hostility towards Nigel Farage. The 38-year-old's longstanding distrust of the populist Reform UK leader and Brexit campaigner has been eclipsed by his fears for the local economy, which he said had been hollowed out by decades of ruinous British government policy.

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Farage's Reform sets sights on Scotland and Wales in battle for Britain

Insurgents set to make major gains in elections to Edinburgh and Cardiff parliaments.

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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