Writing in the Daily Mail, columnist Stephen Daisley argues that Scottish Reform leader Malcolm Offord, though a weak political performer, was the only party leader at Holyrood's first post-summer session of First Minister's Questions to raise immigration, an issue Daisley says resonates strongly with voters. Offord challenged First Minister John Swinney over Edinburgh City Council suspending housing allocations to locals while continuing to house asylum seekers in temporary accommodation, and pressed him to reinstate local-connection rules for housing applicants.

Offord cited figures showing homeless applications from foreign nationals in Glasgow rose from 35 four years ago to more than 2,000 last year, and quoted Glasgow City Council's outgoing SNP leader Susan Aitken warning of an "untenable threat" to services and community cohesion. Swinney denied local-connection rules had changed, accused Offord of trying to "drive this country apart", and noted Offord's past membership of the Conservative Party, which oversaw record immigration levels. Daisley concludes that the Scottish Government's reluctance to acknowledge the strains of mass immigration on housing and public services is fuelling public frustration.