Nigel Farage is on the rise again — and Scotland should be deeply concerned.
His Reform UK party is gaining serious traction in England’s local elections, smashing through Labour heartlands and pulling the Tories further to the right.
Farage is not just making noise — he’s shaping the agenda.
And as SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn put it:
“With Nigel Farage smashing his way through Labour Party strongholds in England, and the Tories cowering at his every word, it’s never been more vital for the Scottish public to show courage and take control of our own destiny.”
This is the man who forced Brexit on a country that didn’t vote for it.
A man who laughed at devolution, called Holyrood a disaster, and wants powers stripped from Scotland’s Parliament.
A man who was hounded out of Edinburgh, then accused Scots of racism, and has never apologised.
Farage has nothing but contempt for Scotland’s democratic will.
He doesn’t just oppose independence — he opposes Scotland having a voice at all.
And he wants that voice silenced.
Stephen Flynn hit the nail on the head when he said:
“The UK political establishment told Scotland that Brexit would never happen, Boris Johnson would never be Prime Minister and the Labour Party would never deliver austerity cuts.
“They’ll now tell us they can stop Farage holding power.”
But the brutal truth?
They’ve been wrong before — and they’ll be wrong again.
Keir Starmer was supposed to be the change.
Instead, he’s abandoned promise after promise, and left voters in Scotland disillusioned.
He talks left in London and acts right in Westminster.
And all the while, Farage is waiting in the wings.
Scotland did not vote for Brexit.
We do not support the politics of division and blame.
We believe in fairness, cooperation, and democracy — not scapegoats and nostalgia.
Farage’s politics belong to the past.
But if we do nothing, they could define our future.
His goal is to centralise power, dismantle devolution, and roll back the progress Scotland has made.
He doesn’t want a union of equals — he wants control.
Stephen Flynn summed it up: “Enough is enough.”
The rise of Reform UK is not just a political warning — it’s a democratic emergency.
If this is the direction the UK is heading, then Scotland must ask itself the hard question.
Do we want to be passengers on a runaway train?
Or do we want to chart our own course?
Because the only thing worse than being ignored is being governed by someone who wants to erase you.
Farage wants power.
Scotland must decide who gets to wield it.
