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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Aberdeen councillor Duncan Massey defects to Reform
A Tory councillor in Aberdeen has defected to Reform UK. Conservative Duncan Massey is the first local councillor in the Granite City to join Nigel Farage's party. Speaking outside Aberdeen seafood restaurant The Silver Darling, the oil and gas economist said Reform UK was the only party with solutions for Scotland, and Aberdeen's energy sector. "The whole country is struggling at the moment", he said. "It feels like things aren't working. Here in Scotland, we've had a failing SNP government for twenty years. "Here in Aberdeen, it feels like we have policies which are deliberately trying to restore the oil and gas industry." Asked if he'd consider running for Holyrood in 2026, Massey said he would not rule it out. More to come.
Spectator
6 days ago
- Business
- Spectator
Farage gains another Tory councillor in Scotland
To Scotland, where Nigel Farage is visiting for the first time in six years. It's a day of firsts for Reform UK, it seems, as the party announced this morning it had recruited ex-Tory councillor Duncan Massey – the first local councillor in Granite City to join Farage's crowd. Massey is the 14th councillor to join Reform UK in Scotland, blasting his former party for failing to offer Scots a vision for the future. 'The whole country is struggling at the moment,' Massey told the assembled press pack outside Aberdeen's seafood restaurants The Silver Darling. The oil and gas economist has been publicly critical of the Scottish and UK government's approach to the industry, resharing on Twitter posts that claim 'net zero means deindustrialisation' and that the net zero movement is a 'death cult'. Speaking to reporters today, he added:
