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Out of touch Holyrood has created the conditions for rise of the great Reform con

Out of touch Holyrood has created the conditions for rise of the great Reform con

It’s inevitable that a party proclaiming fake everyman values such as Reform would appear now that Holyrood is increasingly out of touch. No matter what happens at the Hamilton, Stonehouse and Larkhall by-election on Thursday, Scotland will be the losers.

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