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Reform UK Scotland Leader Malcolm Offord Apologises for 2018 Homophobic Joke

Malcolm Offord apologised immediately for a homophobic joke made in 2018 and donated to an LGBT rugby group, according to sources close to him.

  • Reform UK's leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, apologised for an "inappropriate joke" about George Michael he made during a Burns Night speech in 2018 while chairman of the London Scottish rugby club.
  • Offord said he "instantly regretted" the remark, made a donation to an LGBT organisation, and took "responsibility" for his "clumsy mistake".
  • Scottish politicians, including Angus Robertson and Paul O'Kane, criticised Offord and questioned his fitness for public office, with O'Kane calling on him to apologise or resign as Reform UK's leader in Scotland.
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Reform’s Scottish leader apologises for joke and denies he is homophobic

Malcolm Offord is said to have made the jest while giving a Burns Night speech in 2018.

·London, United Kingdom
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Daily Record broke the news in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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