"Malcolm Offord was unveiled as Reform UK's latest recruit by party leader Nigel Farage during a rally in Falkirk on Saturday. The businessman served as a Scotland Office minister under the last government and until recently was treasurer of the Scottish Conservatives. Offord confirmed his intentions to stand for Reform UK in next May's Holyrood elections. Farage said he was delighted to welcome Offord to the party. He called the peer's defection a brave and historic act."
"Reform UK has gained its first peer after a defection a from the Conservative party. Offord said in a speech that he wanted Scotland to be a prosperous, happy, healthy country. He added that he would campaign to remove this rotten SNP government after 18 years. Born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Offord was made a life peer by former prime minister Boris Johnson in 2021. He previously donated almost 150,000 to the Conservatives."
Malcolm Offord has left the Conservative Party to join Reform UK and becomes Reform UK's first peer. Offord will stand for Reform UK in next May's Holyrood elections. Offord previously served as a Scotland Office minister and until recently acted as treasurer of the Scottish Conservatives. Nigel Farage unveiled Offord at a rally in Falkirk and described the defection as a brave and historic act. Offord expressed a desire for Scotland to be prosperous, happy and healthy and pledged to campaign to remove the SNP government after 18 years. Offord was made a life peer by Boris Johnson in 2021 and previously donated almost 150,000 to the Conservatives.
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