Greene: Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show

Reform UK are set to lose a total of 26 of their Scottish constituency candidates by polling day, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have calculated.

With final registrations for the election completed overnight, two more of Reform's candidates have given up their places on Holyrood constituency ballots, bringing the party's total number of Scottish dropouts to seven.

This means Reform candidates have dropped out at a rate of 0.54 per day since the party unveiled its full slate. Should that dropout rate continue, the party will have lost 26 of its originally announced constituency candidates by May 7th - more than a third of the total.

Responding to the news, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene said:

"The wheels are coming off the Reform bandwagon faster than they can tell homophobic jokes in rugby clubs.

“If they keep losing candidates, it will just be Millionaire Malcolm standing on his own in Greenock.

"The Scottish Liberal Democrats are taking the fight to this shower of divisive and ridiculous chancers. We look forward to seeing Scotland reject what's left of Reform on May 7th."