Audrey Dempsey set up a support service for vulnerable people in Glasgow in 2017 which has supported more than 60,000 individuals to date. She received a Point of Light award from the Prime Minister and…
Conrad Ritchie spent 36 years as the managing director of an international oil and gas service company. He now serves as deputy chair of Reform UK NE Scotland.
David Stark is a retired architect who was Chair of the Reform UK Scotland Policy Group from May 2024 to November 2025. He stood in the Rutherglen constituency for a 2023 by-election and at the…
Drew Augustine is a freelance technical writer, best-selling author (under pen-names) and a realist who does not believe in auras, unicorns or celestial teapots circling planet Earth.
An honours graduate in economics from the University of St Andrews, Eben Wilson has had three careers; initially in journalism and broadcasting (including Milton Friedman’s TV series “Free to Choose”), economics (as an associate Scholar…
Ewen Stewart is a well known economic commentator. He was founding Director of Walbrook Economics and prior to that worked for major investment banks in London. All articles are written in a personal capacity.
Gail MacDonald is from the west coast of Scotland. After studying at Nottingham, she has been a professional psychologist and writer for over twenty years, working in both public and private sectors. Views expressed are…
Graeme Arnott has worked in the electrical contracting industry for over forty years, and currently works as an Assessor. He is a member of the Scottish Union for Education.
A former journalist and councillor, Graham Simpson has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2016. Originally elected as a Scottish Conservative and serving as a shadow…
Helen McDade stood for Westminster in 1987 for the SDP and Holyrood in 2003 as an Independent on "Save local hospitals". Other campaigning has been on health, the environment and energy.
Iain Struan is the political cartoonist for The Reformer, specialising in constitutional debate, public policy failure, and the performance politics of devolution.
From 2017-22 Linda Holt was a Councillor in Fife where she now runs a small business. She is the managing editor of The Reformer and is Reform UK's Scottish Parliament candidate for North East Fife.
Malcolm Offord is a Scottish businessman and politician who became the leader of Reform UK in Scotland in January 2026. A former Conservative life peer and UK government minister (2021–2024), he defected to Reform UK…
Patrick Benham-Crosswell spent a decade as an Army Officer before becoming a successful entrepreneur. He has written books on soldiering and net zero as well as appearing on GB News and elsewhere as a defence…
Penny Lewis is an academic and journalist working in Scotland and China. She writes on architecture and culture for a range of publications and is currently writing a book on Hannah Arendt for the Routledge…
Roland Hanning Jackson served for 12 years in the British Army and worked within NATO Headquarters where he led strategic and international policy development. He has held senior management roles in both the corporate sector…
Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a political and defence commentator and former army officer. Sign up for his podcasts and newsletters at www.DefenceReview.uk
Todd Ferguson was first elected to North Ayrshire Council in 2017 and now sits as an Independent. He has worked in communications for an MSP at the Scottish Parliament and as a Business Development Manager…
Tom Miers has written and researched extensively on public policy in Scotland over the last two decades. His latest book The Bargain is a sweeping analysis of Scotland's place in the Union from the original…