Overview
- Anas Sarwar told BBC Question Time in Aberdeen on Thursday that he wants Reform UK "absolutely pumped" at the May 7 Holyrood election.
- He rejected claims that he asked Reform’s Lord Malcolm Offord to work together to beat the SNP, calling the story “utter nonsense.”
- Sarwar said Reform funded ads that questioned his loyalty to Scotland and he argued those attacks targeted him and his family.
- Offord repeated that Sarwar approached him after a previous Question Time recording, leaving the green‑room allegation in dispute.
- Reporting notes polls put the SNP ahead but short of a majority, which could make any post‑election deals key to who becomes First Minister.