Mathematically challenged

Labour won the Hamilton by-election to the Holyrood parliament (the devolved Scottish assembly) with a majority of 602 votes over the incumbent SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party). Reform UK came in third place. Richard Tice, multi-millionaire backer of the insurgent right wing populist party, called the result "truly remarkable"

“We were within 750 votes of winning that by-election, and just a few hundred votes of beating the SNP, so it’s an incredible result.”

In fact, the Reform UK candidate was 869 votes behind the SNP and 1,471 votes behind Labour 🙃 But as we all know, arithmetic is woke and elitist so should be disregarded. If this "truly remarkable" result is reproduced throughout the UK, everyone will be happy . . the fruitcakes can celebrate their successes and the rest of us can get on with the serious busuness of government 😊

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Northerner · 70-79, M

As a supporter of the Reform Party living in Scotland i'm delighted to see how well they did. I think what Zia did by resigning just hours before voting had finished was despicable. People like Zia are not needed in this Party. .I think we will see the more sensible Tory Party members leaving their party and joining Reform. This is something to look forward to next year.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Northerner His £200K didn't go amiss though . . exactly the same criteria for appointing party chairs as the Tories.

Tory support in Scotland is minimal and will do nothing to tip the balance of power.