US EditionNigel Farage hits Scottish Labour leader with false race claim as Hamilton by-election row escalates
- Nigel Farage campaigned in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election on Thursday 5 June 2025, amid clashes with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
- This by-election follows the death of SNP MSP Christina McKelvie and intensified after Labour councillor Jamie McGuire defected to Reform UK, weakening Sarwar's position.
- Farage criticized Sarwar's 2020 speech as racially sectarian and claimed Labour obsessively discussed race, while Sarwar condemned Farage as the 'chief clown' and urged rejection of Reform.
- Farage said Reform UK is 'beginning to eclipse Labour' and predicted they would place at least third in the contest, with polls showing Reform surging but no major Scottish seat won yet.
- The by-election is viewed as a test of Reform UK's rising influence, but major parties including SNP and Labour remain cautious as the vote may reshape Scotland's political landscape.
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All eyes on Scotland – and Nigel Farage’s new insurgency
Holyrood by-elections don’t usually make headline news in Westminster – but pay attention to what happens on Thursday. The contest is a microcosm of trends swirling around the UK’s political landscape: the fracturing of the electorate, the Labour government’s sharp fall in popularity, the so-called “incumbency curse”, the parties’ efforts to set the narrative ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament elections, support for independence, the rise …
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