Newly-elected politician blasts 'poison of Reform' in brutal putdown

Hamilton by-election winner Labour’s Davy Russell hits out at "poison of Reform"

Despite polling third behind the SNP and Reform in recent weeks, Labour pulled off a shock upset by winning the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election yesterday. Davy Russell, the constituency’s newly elected Member of the Scottish Parliament, used his acceptance speech to send a strong message to Reform. He first said that local people had been let down by the SNP, before saying: “This community has also sent a message to Farage and his …

Newly-elected politician blasts 'poison of Reform' in brutal putdown

Davy Russell won the Hamilton by-election despite Scotland's First Minister John Swinney having declared the contest was a "two horse race" between the SNP and Nigel Farage's Reform UK