REFORM UK have published details of their first Scottish conference as the party makes moves to "professionalise" north of the Border.
The party led by Nigel Farage saw two independent councillors from Aberdeenshire join on Thursday, with the pair becoming the party's only representation in Scotland.
The conference is set to be held on Saturday, November 30, in Perth with deputy leader Richard Tice listed as keynote speaker. The website selling tickets for the event states that other guests will be confirmed.
Members of Reform UK can attend the event being held at the Royal George Hotel for £22.25.
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No further details for the day or motions members will debate have been published yet.
A gala dinner is also set to be held after the conference, from 6.30pm until 9.30pm.
Member can get a three-course dinner with wine in the company of Tice and others for £55.25.
The conference comes despite Reform UK having no formal leader and minimal structure in Scotland.
Farage announced in September that the party would hold events in Wales, Scotland and across England, while pointing to the Liberal Democrats’ campaigning success during the General Election as a model to follow.
He also said he hoped Reform could set up a similar local branch structure in the future.
The party will host a conference in Wales on November 8 at Newport’s Celtic Manor Hotel.
Tickets for the Welsh conference includes the option for a top tier "platinum" ticket which costs £500.
The ticket includes the opportunity to have a professional photograph taken with Farage, plus "access to the platinum lounge," an evening gala dinner, free parking, and front row seating.
Tickets to the gala dinner are £120 for the three-course meal.
Insisting upon the need for the party to professionalise in his closing conference speech in Birmingham, Farage said: “There is a limit to what the leadership team and the professional management structure can bring you.
“Yes, of course, we can make the big arguments. Yes, of course, we can make the news.
“Yes, of course, we can dominate social media in a way the other parties couldn’t even consider, and yes of course, with a small professional team we can put together unbelievable stage sets and conferences like this.
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“But that only takes us so far.”
Upon welcoming the first Scottish councillors to the party, a spokesperson said "this is just the start" and reiterated the pledge that the party will "campaign hard in the run up to the Holyrood election in 2026 and win seats right across Scotland."
Farage's party won 7% of the votes in Scotland in the General Election despite standing “paper candidates” in many constituencies, leading to viral social media campaigns to track them down.
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