Reform UK Finally Vet Candidates, But Climate Change Has Left The Chat
KEY POINTS
- •Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord responded to questions about controversial Holyrood candidates after announcing all 73.
- •Reports claimed several candidates denied climate science and endorsed far-right figures amidst removing climate mentions from strategy documents.
- •Offord acknowledged past poor remarks but emphatically stated candidates are thoroughly vetted and ‘fit and proper’ despite disagreements.
In a dazzling display of political nuance, Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord swept aside questions about 73 freshly minted Holyrood candidates who allegedly denied climate science and called Humza Yousaf an 'Islamist moron.' They also reportedly back Tommy Robinson and spread sketchy asylum hotel rumors. Offord promised, 'We’ve done a very, very thorough vetting,' while totally sidestepping the absurdity that climate targets vanished from their documents like a bad Tinder match. Despite calling past behavior 'piss poor,' he insists all candidates are now 'fit and proper'—because agreeing on basic facts is apparently optional in this party’s new reality.
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(1 of 3)When your party deletes climate science but says they ‘vetted thoroughly,’ you know ‘fit and proper’ means ‘willfully clueless and offensively rude.’
Nothing says ‘fit for office’ like ignoring global warming and calling politicians Islamists morons in one breath.
Reform UK’s vetting process discovered 73 candidates nobody checked had disavowed basic science and decent manners.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 3/20/2026 | Author: Andrew Sparrow
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