Helen Lewis

In Scotland, Reform have had five MSP candidates have to withdraw from the ballot.

Would you like to guess any of the things that they've done?

What are the kind of things you think a Reform candidate might do that mean that they have to withdraw?

Funny you should say that.

Linda Holt called Humza Yousaf, former SNP leader, an Islamist moron and many things in that case.

Her partner stood down in solidarity with her, which is very, very moving.

Any more ideas about why you might have to stand down as a reform candidate?

Not as yet.

There's two of them who said that they didn't intend to stand and it was an error.

We've gone on holiday by mistake.

And then the final one was a classic, an old classic, a bit like Bitcoin.

Allegations of financial misconduct linked to a COVID bounce back loan.

The old classics.

But yeah, whereas the Greens have had similar troubles, they've had two different people had to withdraw for saying that, first saying that the Golders Green ambulance at Arsenal was a false flag.

And then one upgraded it saying that the October 7th attacks there on Israel, they were also a false flag.

Both of those had to pull out.

So I think that speaks to the fact that, I mean, you've been covering this about reform.

You know, they've got in a lot of warm bodies, but not all of them competent warm bodies.

I can only assume that's Nigel Farage going, no, get away from me.

You can't come anywhere near me.