Reform MS celebrates her party being ‘in government’ in Wales and Scotland
Emily Price
A Reform UK Member of the Senedd has been mocked after publishing a social media post celebrating her party being “in government” in Wales and Scotland.
Gŵyr Abertawe MS Francesca O’Brien made the remarks after attending Reform UK’s annual national conference in Birmingham at the weekend where she snapped photos with other party members and guests.
The event was overshadowed by a financial scandal, internal resignations and aggressive disruptions, including two female hecklers being removed from the venue by security as members of the crowd grabbed at them.
Video footage shoed that one woman was pulled by her hair while an elderly man grabbed her face and struck her on the head with a walking stick.
Reform UK Scotland politician Senga Beresford published a photo to X, formerly Twitter, of herself with Ms O’Brien in a post saying it was “wonderful” to meet Wales’ newly elected Reform Senedd Members at the conference.
Ms O’Brien later shared the image to social media, captioning it: “Great to meet you Senga strong voices now in government in Scotland and Wales.”
It is unclear why Ms O’Brien believes her party is currently in power in both Wales and Scotland.
Social media users pointed out the error in the comments, but the Reform MS neither responded to the criticism nor amended her post to correct it.
One social media user on Facebook asked: “Since when are you in government?”
Another said: “Reform aren’t in government though.”
Another wrote: “Reform are in government in neither country. Are you a bit thick?”
Following the May 2026 Scottish Parliament election, the Scottish National Party remained the largest party and formed the Scottish Government, led by First Minister John Swinney.
Reform UK secured 17 seats at Holyrood, placing the party in a joint-second place tie with Scottish Labour as the largest opposition groups by seat count.
In Wales, Ms O’Brien’s party found itself in a similar position, with Reform UK emerging as the second-largest party in the Senedd behind governing Plaid Cymru following the May election.
Ms O’Brien’s claim that her party is in government in Wales came after she was mocked over another conference social media post in which she described GB News as a “fresh of breath air”.
The Gŵyr Abertawe MS wrote: “Great to join the GB News reception last night and catch up with Nana Akua GB News.
“For many years, mainstream media have been selective with their material.
“GB news is a fresh of breath air.”
One social media commentator on Facebook asked: “A fresh of what???? Champagne at the reception was there?”
Another user on X said: “Did you copy and paste this for all your platforms? Is that why it’s wrong multiple times?
“Or do you honestly think that’s the right phrase? Nah, that’s not possible.”
Ms O’Brien defected to Nigel Farage’s party in August 2025 after leaving her job as a Welsh Conservative staffer.
The former Mumbles councillor had stood as a prospective Conservative MP for Gower in the 2019 general election.
However, her campaign was significantly overshadowed when she was forced to apologise for a Facebook post in which she said people on benefits needed “putting down”.
She was defeated by the incumbent Labour MP, Tonia Antoniazzi.
Following her defection to Reform UK last year, Ms O’Brien was successfully elected as a Member of the Senedd for the new Gŵyr Abertawe super constituency.
Following her win, she was also appointed the Reform Senedd group’s shadow minister for local government, housing and planning.
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Once they start lying they just can’t stop. What does that say about those that voted her? Just so blinkered in hate for people of colour and Muslims they will overlook everything. Literally.
In government but couldn’t get elected because she’s a fan of Nazi style eugenics. Nice.
They ARE in government in alt truth world, that fantasy land where what is isn’t and what isn’t is but that upside down, inside out, reverse, perverse world is not immune to the truth cutting in occasiobally and the sign that this is happening is their contorted faces and women being beaten up. Save our women and girls. Deliver us from evil.
The Francesca O’Brien fraud. She used to be the county councillor for Mumbles and as her tenure there was so poor in the bye-election to replace her ReformUK polled half of her Conservative replacement and even got fewer votes than the Labour candidate. She’s a fantasist and fruitcake.
Can I order some of the fruitcake she’s on, please
The party whose leader laughed at and encouraged a violent assault on a woman at the conference, one member using his walking stick to beat her and another putting the boot in. A party where Jenrick said “ boohoo” when asked about it.
Nice to know they stand up for this. I assume the Senedd reform women members of the party look the other way when it is not reform.
Anyone else starting to think that psychological assessments by a qualified medical team should be a requirement for public service?
There truly have been some very worrying and telling statements made by certain sides.
Sawdust for brains, the lot of ’em…
I was thinking of a more malleable material that the mod bots wouldn’t approve of.
What an odd thing to say.
Pobl dwp sy’n darllen dim byd ond y Daily Mail. Gwybod dim byd o gwbl am Gymru a’i thraddodiadau a’i llenyddiaeth. Gelynion y genedl.
I feel they are more in government in England if anywhere. Hey have pulled the strings via media blackmail of Starmers government and before that given us the super hard brexit pressuring the Tories. They seem useless at best in our Senedd. Not read a single thing worth my time, just gibberish.
Part of woman beaters, racists, traitors and paedophiles.
Where there is racism, other sinister things are always close by.
Reform, the Party of the Ych a Fi people lol.
A Herd of Cows.
A Flock of Geese
A Vomit of Reform Voters