The Conservative MSP Graham Simpson has defected to Reform.
He was welcomed to the party by its leader Nigel Farage at a news conference in West Lothian on Wednesday.
The Reform leader was stepping up the party’s campaign for next year’s Scottish Parliament election.
But he also took the opportunity to weigh in on the issue of immigration.
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