I was diagnosed with cancer on election day: Malcolm Offord LIVE in Edinburgh

I was diagnosed with cancer on election day: Malcolm Offord LIVE in Edinburgh

Author: Avalon August 31, 2026 Duration: 1:03:30

This is astonishing.


Malcolm Offord is the leader of Reform in Scotland and led them to a huge result in May, tying with Scottish Labour on 17 seats. 


But that day had mixed feelings for him as he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. 


It was the latest chapter in an incredible life that led him from Greenock on the west coast of Scotland, to the House of Lords via the City of London.


Made a peer and a minister by Boris Johnson, Malcolm has brilliant stories about dealing with him, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. 



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MARCH

19 FAVERSHAM The Alex

20 DORKING Halls


APRIL

7 STOURBRIDGE Town Hall

8 GLOUCESTER Guildhall

9 LEICESTER Y Theatre

12 SALFORD Lowry

16 NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate

21 EXETER Northcott Theatre

24 LONDON Bloomsbury Theatre

28 ALNWICK Playhouse

29 BARNARD CASTLE Witham

30 HULL Asylum


MAY

6 BIRMINGHAM The Glee Club

12 COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre

13 WORCESTER Huntingdon Hall

14 CHORLEY Theatre

18 STAMFORD Corn Exchange

19 SHEFFIELD Steamworks

20 SHREWSBURY Theatre Severn

21 NOTTINGHAM Theatre Royal

23 LEEDS City Varieties Music Hall

26 NORWICH Playhouse

27 NORWICH Playhouse


JUNE

2 SCUNTHORPE Plowright

4 CANTERBURY Gulbenkian Theatre

5 READING Concert Hall

8 CARDIFF The Glee Club

9 BATH Komedia

10 MONMOUTH Savoy Theatre

11 CHIPPING NORTON The Theatre

15 BURY ST EDMUNDS Theatre Royal

16 MILTON KEYNES The Stables

18 TUNBRIDGE WELLS Trinity Theatre

30 LIVERPOOL Everyman Playhouse


JULY

1 CARLISLE Old Fire Station

2 GLASGOW The Glee Club

4 EDINBURGH Lyceum Theatre


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