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Nigel Farage and Malcolm Offord: \u2018vote Green, get illegals\u2019 (pic: DB Media Services)<\/p>\n
Reform UK says it will locate migrant detention centres in Green party constituencies and council areas as it shifts the focus of its campaign from Labour to the left wing activists.<\/p>\n
Nigel Farage\u2019s party will prioritise setting up immigration removal centres in parts of the country controlled by the Greens because of the party\u2019s support for open borders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reform UK Scotland is also promising that no migrants will be housed in any constituency it controls but will put them in parliamentary constituencies with Green Party MSPs. <\/p>\n
The Green Party is contesting six constituencies in Thursday\u2019s election, including Edinburgh Central which Lorna Slater hopes to snatch from the SNP\u2019s Angus Robertston.<\/p>\n
Reform UK\u2019s Thomas Kerr said: \u201cThis is now Scotland\u2019s choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, the party said: \u201cPut simply, if you vote in a Reform council or Reform MP or constituency MSP, we guarantee you won\u2019t have a detention centre near you. However, if you vote Green, there\u2019s a good chance you will.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a very real risk that [SNP leader] John Swinney could be re-elected as First Minister and his entire government hinges on the votes of extremists in the Scottish Greens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Kerr added: \u201cRoss Greer [Scottish Green party co-leader] and his army of crackpots\u2019\u00a0pursuit of open borders, which would allow swathes of foreign criminals to enter Scotland unchecked, is not only economically reckless but a danger to national security.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, let\u2019s not kid ourselves, John Swinney\u2019s entire future hinges on these extremists, so Scotland needs to know what [it is] getting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the Greens are so keen to welcome these people then they can take responsibility and put them up in their own constituencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe choice is clear: Vote Green, get illegals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reform states that \u201cmany people in Britain do not want unvetted fighting age males placed near their communities, regardless of whether they are securely detained while they await deportation (as would be the case under Reform) or free to roam (as they have been under Tory and Labour governments).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite this, the Green Party advocates for open borders and has declared they would welcome an infinite number of undocumented migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greens rail boost<\/p>\n
The Scottish Greens have announced plans to introduce a new Green Commuter Railcard.\u00a0 Costing \u00a335 a year, it will save cardholders one third on all of their journeys.<\/p>\n
It would be modelled on the existing Network Railcard in the South East of England, which is designed to encourage regular travellers to take the train rather than drive and which saves average cardholders \u00a3154 a year.<\/p>\n
Reform loses candidate<\/p>\n
Reform UK has seen another of its candidates withdraw just days before voters go to the polls. <\/p>\n
Dr Tim Kelly, the party\u2019s choice for East Kilbride and Strathaven, said he no longer believed Nigel Farage and Malcolm Offord offered a route forward for Scotland.<\/p>\n
He becomes the ninth Reform UK candidate to either quit or be dumped by the party during the Holyrood campaign.<\/p>\n
In his resignation letter, seen by The Scottish Sun, he said: \u201cI\u2019ve decided to leave Reform UK and continue my campaign in East Kilbride as an Independent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie\u00a0said: \u201cOnce again, Reform\u2019s campaign in Scotland has descended into an utter farce, proving that they are simply not competent to challenge the SNP.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen even their own candidates do not believe in Nigel Farage and Lord Offord, why should the people of Scotland?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t #Reform #detain #migrants #Green #constituencies #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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