Dave Doogan: “Nigel Farage is a dangerous chancer, and it was only ever a matter of time before one of his many scandals caught up…”

The SNP is clear that the very real threat of a Nigel Farage Reform UK government makes it all the more important that Scotland has a choice over our future with an independence referendum.

What we will do is continue to fight for the democratic right of the people of Scotland to choose their own future – and voting SNP is the only way to lock Nigel Farage out of power in Scotland and secure an independence referendum.

His decision to vote down reforms this week looked weak then, it looks horrendous now – we need a full U-turn from the Labour Party and a review into Westminster donations.

This latest scandal again exposes the broader reality of a murky culture in Westminster that falls far short of the transparency that is required of a functioning democracy.