Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have dragged the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election into the gutter.

This contest should have been centred on the mainstream issues of concern to local voters.

Schools, hospitals and other public services should have dominated a contest after 18 years of SNP rule.

But the bogus claim by Reform that Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar wants to “prioritise” Pakistani voters has turned the by-election into a fight for Scotland’s soul.

Reform UK are soaring just now because they tap into a belief that the political system has

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