REFORM’S Scottish leader faced calls for an “Offord tax” today after boasting in a TV debate he owns six houses, five cars and six boats.

The former Tory peer made the bizarre brag during the STV leaders’ debate on Tuesday night, as he cross-examined Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer.

“I went to London 40 years ago with £2,000 in debt and full of ambition,” he said. “I worked hard, and I was successful. Today, I own six houses, five cars and six boats.

“In a 40-year business career, I’ve employed hundreds of thousands of people and paid £45 million in tax.

“In your Scotland do you want more people like me, or fewer people like me?”

Mr Greer replied: “Fewer people like you.”

And as Scotland languishes in a housing emergency, Mr Offord’s comments have sparked outcry.

Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said the boast proved “the idea that he will stand up for working people is for the birds,” while SNP leader John Swinney branded the Farage appointee’s remarks “tone deaf.”

Confirming that he owns but one house, one car and does not have “a yacht or any other boating craft” in his possession, Mr Swinney added: “I thought the setting of an individual’s personal wealth, at a time when people are really facing acute hardship… was an example of how completely and utterly out of touch Reform are with the reality of people’s lives.”

Scottish Greens were swift to leap on the gaffe pledging to add a multiplier to Additional Dwelling Supplement already payable on second homes and dubbing it the “Offord Tax.”

Commenting after the debate, Mr Greer said: “Reform try to blame immigrants for the housing crisis, but it turns out they’re the ones causing it with their greed.

“Nobody needs six houses, and it is baffling that Lord Offord thought that it was something to boast about, along with all of his yachts and cars.

“Housing is a human right, but a small number of very rich people like Lord Offord are hoarding homes they just do not need. 

“At the same time, thousands of people can’t get a home of their own and are being priced out of the communities they grew up in.

“The Scottish Greens’ Offord tax will help to tackle that imbalance.”