Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said there was a ‘general sort of fed-upness with Scottish politics’ (Image: Getty)
has insisted that Scots are ready to vote for Reform UK at the next Holyrood election.
The Reform leader said his party is gaining support north of the border from across the political spectrum because of a “general sort of fed-upness with Scottish politics”.
Opinion polling suggests the rebranded Party is on course to win several MSPs at the Scottish Parliament election in 2026 and could emerge as the fourth-largest group.
Mr Farage, the MP for Clacton, told The : “I couldn’t even tell you what the Scottish stand for.
“I haven’t got an effing clue what they stand for. I just don’t know who they are or what they are. It’s almost as if they sort of deserted the pitch.”
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He said Reform has “far more potential with Labour votes than we have Tory votes in Scotland” because of disillusionment with Sir ’s Government.
Mr Farage claimed that other than divisions over independence, there is “near unanimity on most things” between the and Labour.
Support for the has nosedived following former first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s exit and a police probe into the party’s finances.
Mr Farage insisted that the 36 seats Labour won in Scotland at the General Election were “loveless victories”.
The former UKIP leader said the “new brand” of Reform is key to the party picking up more support north of the border.
He said: “I realised 25 years ago that UKIP was never going to work in Scotland because the word independence meant something different north of the border.”