Nearly half of Scots constituencies had candidates promoting extreme views
https://theferret.scot/scottish-constituencies-candidates-extreme-election
Nearly half of Scottish constituencies included at least one general election candidate who has expressed or shared a view branded as hateful, a conspiracy theory, or misinformation, a The Ferret (npub1ndw…f30y) analysis has found.
By far, most of these candidates came from Farage’s Reform UK party, which is fielding candidates in every Scottish constituency
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