Deacon Blue condemn Reform leader for quoting song

Deacon Blue have said that seeing the leader of the Reform Party in Scotland quoting one of their songs “appals” the band.

Malcolm Offord was appointed by Nigel Farage to head the Scottish wing of the party earlier this month and has quoted heavily from Deacon Blue’s hit Dignity in two press conferences.

The former Tory peer used the song – which tells of a council worker who saves to buy a boat in retirement – as an analogy for his own story, which now sees him race yachts and reportedly own a £1.6 million home near Loch Lomond.

BISHOPTON, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 26: Malcolm Offord makes his first speech as leader of Scottish Reform at Ingliston Country Club on January 26, 2026 in Bishopton, United Kingdom. Malcolm Offord, a former Conservative party life peer, is making his first speech as the Scottish Leader of Reform UK. Refo
Malcolm Offord

Speaking at a press conference in Renfrewshire in Scotland on Monday – where he laid out his party’s desire…

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