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Reform sack Scots organiser over terror links

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Nigel Farage’s party has been having a rather good time of it lately, after winning its first five seats in the July election and continuing to gather support across the country. But north of the border, Reform has found itself in a spot of bother after its party organiser in Scotland was found to have links to terrorists. Good heavens…

A probe by the Daily Record has revealed that Craig Campbell’s late father was an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) commander who was jailed after the bombing of Catholic pubs in Glasgow. Campbell’s cousin Jason was also handed a lengthy jail sentence after he was found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Celtic supporter and aspiring sportswriter Mark Scott. Campbell cut the boy’s throat in an attack that was later described by then-Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland as ‘the real face of sectarianism and hatred’.

After the family links came to light, Reform UK was swift to sack the Scots organiser, announcing that: ‘Craig Campbell is no longer a Reform UK Scotland organiser or member.

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