Alexander Brown

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Alexander Brown

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will visit Scotland in June. Here, The Scotsman covers some of his notable past visits north of the Border. Nigel Farage is set to visit Scotland in the first week of June, as his party sets his sights on Holyrood. The Reform UK leader will come north of the Border just days before the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, taking place on Thursday next week, which his party is increasingly confident about winning.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Alexander Brown

The Reform leader has defended the controversial videoNigel Farage has accused Anas Sarwar of bringing “sectarianism into Scottish politics” following a backlash over a Reform UK video opposition parties described as “racist”. The social media video features clips of a 2022 speech in which Mr Sarwar talked about wanting to see more people from the Pakistani community involved in politics. Reform added text claiming that Mr Sarwar wanted to "prioritise the Pakistani community".

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Alexander Brown

The SNP claimed issues around exports were down to BrexitThe SNP has spent decades “selling Scotland to Scots” rather than the rest of world, Ian Murray has claimed. In a letter discussing the work of the Scotland Office, the Scotland Secretary accused both the SNP of Tories of contributing to 15 years of “failure”, and damaging the success of the country’s exports.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Alexander Brown

Michelle Georgina Mone OBE is a Scottish business entrepreneur and is the subject of a new BBC documentary. The BBC has released a new two-part documentary, The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone, tracing the businesswoman’s story from 1999, when she landed a deal with Selfridges at just 28, to her more recent involvement in a government PPE scandal during the Covid pandemic.

1 week ago | msn.com | Alexander Brown

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