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‘I’m with Farage’: the Graham Simpson interview

After defecting to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, MSP Graham Simpson tells Martin Geissler why he quit the Scottish Conservatives.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has welcomed Graham Simpson to his party after the MSP quit the Scottish Conservatives.

In an interview recorded hours after his defection, we ask Graham why he’s switching parties and what he makes of his new leader's idea of deporting 600,000 migrants if he becomes prime minister.

Scotcast is the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

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Thu 28 Aug 2025 00:00
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