Actor Martin Compston has backed the SNP ahead of the Holyrood election and said Nigel Farage should be “locked out of Scotland”.
The Line of Duty star is to join the SNP leader, John Swinney, on a campaign visit in Greenock, where he grew up.
He commented on the row that has developed over claims and counter claims that Labour leader Anas Sarwar offered to work together with Reform to beat the SNP.
Malcolm Offord, Reform leader, said Sarwar approached him in private with the proposition.
Sarwar said the claim was untrue and said Offord was a ‘liar” and “a pathetic, poisonous, odious little man”
He said he will have nothing to do with Reform.
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The SNP has continued to highlight the row as the election moved closer.
The actor said: “Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Scotland - he wants to cut our budget, shrink our Parliament and would privatise our NHS if he got half the chance. We should have none of it.
“And the fact that Labour are willing to work with him shows just how far they have fallen.
“On May 7th, the way to keep Farage’s toxic politics out of Scotland is for people to unite behind the SNP – and the way to lock Farage out of Scotland for good is by becoming an independent country.”
Swinney said: “I am absolutely clear – I will have nothing to do with Nigel Farage, his man in Scotland Lord Offord or Reform UK.
“Their politics are dangerous and the very idea that they could have power and influence in Parliament after the election will be really concerning to people across the country.
“We know what Reform would mean for Scotland and the fact that Labour are willing to work with them after the election shows just how desperate they have become.
“That is why we need an SNP majority at this election which will unlock the fresh start of independence and lock Nigel Farage out of power in Scotland.
“And I am asking people to unite behind the SNP for a government under my experienced, reliable leadership that is always on Scotland’s side.”
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