On 15 January, Reform UK unveiled their new leader in Scotland.  Baron Offord of Garvel was not the only Tory defector to join Nigel Farage's Party this week. He was joined by Robert Jenrick and Nadhim Zahawi.

In the first Nest of Fearties episode of 2026, Coll McCail is joined by Taj Ali and Dr Gavin Brewis to discuss the growing support for the far-right among working-class communities in Scotland and across Britain.

Taj Ali is a journalist and historian. He is the former editor of Tribune Magazine and is currently writing a book on the history of British South Asian political activism, for which he has recently submitted the manuscript. 

Dr Gavin Brewis is a research fellow at Queen’s Communities and Place.

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