<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Holyrood Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:39:32 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Reform UK surges ahead of Labour in new Scottish poll ahead of crunch election]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/285x214/2164373_1.jpg"/><br><br>Bombshell survey puts Reform five points ahead of Sir Keir Starmer's party north of the 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src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/285x214/2099155_1.jpg"/><br><br>A "champion of the people" has joined Reform UK north of the border.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:15:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Jon King]]></author><category>Politics</category><media:keywords>Nigel Farage, Reform UK, Scotland, Holyrood, Julie MacDougall, Nigel Farage news, Nigel Farage latest, Reform UK Scotland, Reform UK news, Reform UK latest, Reform UK defection</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/590x/2099155_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nigel Farage has received a boost north of the border]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/237x141/2099155_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" 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