US EditionScotland must be alive to the threat of Farage after English elections
- Nigel Farage's Reform UK party achieved major gains in England's local and Westminster by-elections in May 2025, positioning itself as the main opposition to the UK Government.
- These successes followed years of Labour and Conservative failures to confront Farage, with both parties accused of cosying up to him rather than challenging his politics.
- In Scotland, Reform UK polls at around 14% support, fueled by defections from Scottish Tories and an upcoming June 5 by-election in Hamilton, as Farage prepares to campaign more actively there.
- Scottish National Party leader John Swinney described Farage as a divisive political threat whose populist and deceptive politics offer false hope, and vowed to confront this challenge directly rather than accommodate it.
- The Reform UK rise suggests a realignment of UK politics away from Labour and Conservatives, with implications for Scottish parliamentary elections and political leadership confronting far-right challenges.
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Swinney: Scotland must be alive to the threat of Farage after English elections
Scotland’s First Minister attacked Labour and the Tories for ‘cosying up’ to Reform, which performed strongly in local elections south of the border.
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