Reform UK Scottish organiser sacked over paramilitary links
A person wearing a Reform UK rosette at the party's launch of 'Our Contract with You' in Merthyr Tydfil, June 17, 2024
HARD-right Reform UK has been forced to sack its Scottish organiser after his loyalist paramilitary links were revealed.
Craig Campbell’s tenure was brought to an end after an investigation by the Daily Record newspaper found both his father William — reportedly then Glasgow commander of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) — and uncle were jailed for Glasgow pub bombings targeting Catholics in the 1970s.
His cousin, Jason, was also imprisoned for life in 1995 for cutting the throat of 16-year-old Celtic fan Mark Scott in a brutal murder.
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