With eight months still to go until the Holyrood election, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has confidently predicted that the Conservatives will soon cease to be a political force in Scotland. Farage was speaking as he announced that Graham Simpson had joined Reform after becoming the third MSP to quit the Tories in the past four months. It leaves Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay facing enormous questions about the future of his party, which is now consistently trailing Reform in opinion polls.
Trump’s recent political challenges, including declining poll numbers and the Epstein file controversy, reveal growing cracks within the MAGA coalition and a potential shift in support among his base.
The percentage of Americans who express high confidence in higher education has plummeted from 57% in 2015 to just 36% as of last year, with a stunning decline particularly among Republicans.