How Reform is exposing the reality of Scotland’s views on immigration and identity

Once a progressive outlier, Scotland is facing a political reckoning as Reform benefits from growing social divisionIt’s Monday evening in Aberdeen, and George Preston is wearing his union flag suit to the Reform UK rally. He joined the party in 2024 as it gained ground in the north-east of Scotland with its first councillor defections from the Scottish Conservatives.Now Preston is out leafleting for the party that polls suggest is vying with Scottish Labour to become the official opposition to the Scottish National party in the Holyrood elections on 7 May. Continue reading...