As readers learnt this morning, Michelle Ballantyne has been announced as the new leader of Reform UK Scotland. You’re either in front of Guido or behind…

At the launch, Richard Tice also set out some of Reform UK’s policy proposals going forward, including:

• Cutting taxes and regulations
• Cut wasteful government spending
• House of Lords reform
• Reform of the civil service
• Devolving more powers from Holyrood to Scottish communities

Mostly a copy and paste job from the Brexit party’s already thin 2019 manifesto…