How Left-wing is Scotland? Inside Reform's shocking rise | Firsthand

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In the Holyrood elections, all the main parties have wrapped themselves in the Saltire for this campaign, on the the doorstep independence is not the main issue.

Like other parts of Britain, anger with the UK Government over bread and butter issues such as immigration and high energy bills is driving voter intention and that, ironically, is benefiting the committed unionist party of Reform UK.

Just two years ago, polling suggested that at this election Labour would oust SNP.

While the nationalists’ popularity has not grown, frustration with the UK Government, which began under the previous Conservative government, has increased under Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour premiership.

So while the SNP is on course to remain the largest party, and could even secure a majority, polls suggest it is Reform, rather than Labour, that is set to emerge as the main opposition in Holyrood.

Quite a feat for a party that had only one MSP in the previous parliament, and even he defected from the Tories.

Glasgow is at the heart of this new battle for Scotland and it is Reform rather than Labour that is giving the SNP a run for its money.

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Chapters
0:00-0:14 Intro
0:14-1:28 Aberdeen, Scots and Oil
1:28-3:15 Labour on Oil, Immigration and Starmer
3:15-4:24 'It's a warzone' Glasgow residents speak
4:24-5:00 Thomas Kerr, Reform candidate
5:00-5:41 Edinburgh Scots on Reform's rise
5:41-7:08 Malcolm Offord, Leader of Reform Scotland

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