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Nigel Farage targets Holyrood after election gains across England

The Reform leader is aiming to establish his party in the 2026 Holyrood election.

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Nigel Farage said ‘Scotland is next’ after his Reform Party made big gains across England, winning a Westminster by-election from Labour, and hundreds of council seats from the Conservatives.

The results put Reform on course to make a historic breakthrough in the Scottish Parliament elections next year.

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