REFORM: OUR CANDIDATES LIST IS SECRET

Party lies low to woo Tories and avoid scrutiny

- BY PAUL HUTCHEON

REFORM UK are set to keep their Holyrood candidate list top secret until the eve of the election campaign.

A party source in Scotland said they are delaying revealing their candidates over concerns about media exposés - and to give sitting Tory MSPs as much time as possible to defect.

Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Jackie Baillie said: "It speaks volumes that Reform are holding out for more Tories to join their party while trying to hide their candidates from the public for as long as possible.

"The truth is the Tories and Reform are simply the same team with a different badge. This outof-touch party of con-artists have nothing to offer the people of Scotland and no chance of beating the SNP Polls show Nigel Farage's rightwing party could return around 20 MSPs in May, putting Reform in line for second place.