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Scott Begbie: Farage’s visit to Aberdeen is stark reminder why politics should be purged from local authorities

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03.06.2025

Nigel Farage’s visit to Aberdeen can only be described as the good, the bad and the ugly.

The good is that every time he opens his mouth in Scotland, support for independence grows exponentially.

The bad is the odious politics this Poundland Trump presents.

The ugly is the state of Aberdeenshire Council which seems to have become an incubating chamber for Reform councillors – not one of whom has actually put the platform they now stand on in front of the people they purport to represent.

Now we have Farage strutting around pointing at these defectors from the Tories as his personal triumphs.

However, the recent P&J report looking inside Aberdeenshire Council’s chaos shows they are no such thing. They are merely disgruntled Tories who stomped off in a hissy fit against a........

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