Lord Malcolm Offord named as Reform UK's first Scottish leaderPA MediaNigel Farage unveiled Lord Offord at an event in Fife Former Conservative minister Lord Malcolm Offord has been named as Reform UK's first Scottish leader. The ex-Scottish Tory treasurer was unveiled by party leader Nigel Farage at an event in Fife. He will lead the party into May's Scottish Parliament election, with Reform aiming to make a major electoral breakthrough north of the border. Farage confirmed at the event that he had held talks with Robert Jenrick, who had just been sacked from the party's frontbench for "plotting to defect". Lord Offord said momentum in the campaign was with Reform, adding that he saw it as a "two-horse race" with the SNP. He said the party had more than 12,000 members in Scotland and a "really talented group of candidates". Farage said about 100 Scottish candidates had undergone vetting and training in London. PA MediaLord Offord signed his application to retire from the House of Lords at the press conference The Reform UK leader told reporters: "I think we can surprise ourselves with just how many votes we manage to garner in these elections."He added: "A huge chunk of the Scottish electorate are looking for something different.
