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thenational.scot > news > 26509072.first-minister-rules-striking-indyref2-deal-reform-uk

First Minister rules out striking indyref2 deal with Reform UK

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (411+ words) THE SNP will not work with Reform UK in any “way, shape, or form”, the First Minister has said....Farage’s party after the SNP’s Westminster leader, Dave Doogan, appeared to open the door to putting Reform...“The SNP has been…...

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thenational.scot > politics > 26485293.reform-need-get-facts-right-scots-language

Reform need to get their facts right before lecturing us about Scotland's languages

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (926+ words) REFORM UK’s Thomas Kerr wrongly claimed that English is Scotland’s “native” language as he took aim at...The deputy leader of Reform Scotland is mistaken....On Reform’s website, for example, the Welsh manifesto is available in English and Cymraeg....

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thenational.scot > news > 26479452.top-scottish-reform-msp-meets-group-run-senior-terror-group-boss

Top Scottish Reform MSP meets group run by senior member of terrorist paramilitary

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (437+ words) Thomas Kerr, the deputy leader of Reform UK Scotland, met with members of the Hanwood Trust, a charity...“For these chancers in Reform, politics is one big game of spouting the most offensive thing possible...

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thenational.scot > news > 26543628.early-election-warning-snp-unwinnable-public-sector-cuts-bid

Early election warning to SNP over 'unwinnable' public sector cuts push

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1046+ words) his own mandate from the electorate – and SNP grassroots members fear John Swinney’s public sector reforms...arguments, there would be no compulsory redundancies, unions have expressed fears that the proposed reforms...

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thenational.scot > news > 26545114.hundreds-counter-protesters-gather-glasgow-green

Hundreds of counter-protesters gather in Glasgow to drown out anti-immigration rally

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (640+ words) Prominent figures on the Scottish right such as Reform UK deputy leader in Scotland Thomas Kerr, Reform...

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thenational.scot > news > 26526122.john-swinney-rejects-claim-snp-plans-about-centralisation

John Swinney 'bluntly' rejects claim SNP plans are 'about centralisation of power"

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (731+ words) Minister John Swinney speaking to the BBC Sunday Show on September 6 (Image: BBC) On local government reform...sector partners, with a variety of other interested stakeholders to make sure we use this moment of reform...

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thenational.scot > news > 26511910.scottish-council-hits-medias-entirely-false-refugee-claim

Scottish council hits out at 'entirely false' media claims about refugee policy

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (512+ words) The story was nevertheless shared by Reform UK, which claimed that Edinburgh Council was “prioritising...are not “illegal migrants”, but have had their asylum application recognised as legal and valid. — Reform...UK (@reformparty_uk) August 27, 2026 Reform UK’s deputy leader in Scotland, Thomas…...

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thenational.scot > news > 26526349.snp-leaders-dangerously-diverging-party-policy-snp-body-warns

SNP leadership 'dangerously diverging from party policy', members body warns

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (535+ words) its roll – said that John Swinney’s administration was falling “desperately short of the radical reform...surcharges while preserving obsolete 1991 property valuations – falls desperately short of the radical reform...could work together in the next five years “to try to find…...

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thenational.scot > news > 26545404.man-arrested-involvement-disorder-glasgow-green-protest

Man arrested for involvement in disorder following Glasgow anti-immigration protest

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (309+ words) Prominent figures on the Scottish right, such as Reform UK deputy leader in Scotland Thomas Kerr, Reform...

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thenational.scot > politics > 26536940.want-scotland-just-wee-bit-better-england

I want Scotland to be more than just a wee bit better than England

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (712+ words) Garry Thomson via email REFORM UK is essentially a right-wing English nationalist party yet it does not...

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