Offord reveals 6 houses in debate; Greer wants fewer like him

During an STV leaders' debate on Tuesday evening in Edinburgh, Reform UK Scotland leader Lord Malcolm Offord revealed he owns six houses, five cars, and six boats while questioning Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer on economic policy.

The exchange occurred toward the end of the televised discussion among leaders of Scotland's major parties, including First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, ahead of the Holyrood elections on May 7. Offord, a former Conservative minister and businessman who grew up in a Greenock tenement, described his background to underscore his point. "I went to London 40 years ago with 2,000 of debt. Full of ambition, I worked hard and I was successful," he said. "Today, I own six houses, five cars and six boats. In a 40-year business career, I've employed hundreds of thousands of people and paid 45 million in tax. I do not say that to boast."

Offord then asked Greer whether the Greens wanted more or fewer people like him in Scotland. Greer replied, "Fewer people like you." He added, "There are three times as many holiday homes and empty properties in this country as there are homeless children. You don't need six homes, you don't even need two homes,...