6 h. ago Zia Yusuf quits Reform: how he went from public school to Farage's right hand man

Nigel Farage believed the once-left wing student and former Goldman Sachs finance bro was a ‘huge factor’ in the growing success of his right-wing populist party. Katie Strick charts his steep rise and sudden departure from the heart of politics

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7 h. ago Britain’s voters can’t resist a messy drama. How fortunate for Nigel Farage and Reform | Marina Hyde

Former party chair Zia Yusuf was out – then he was back in. But the chaos won’t dent the party’s poll ratings one tiny bit It was a busy week for on-again off-again Reform chair Zia Yusuf, whose job over the past 11 months had been to reform Reform. (I know.) Zia quit on Thursday. Had his job split on Friday. Returned on Saturday. Chilled on Sunday. The job split seems to have endured though, as Yusuf will now run a UK version of Doge – as we know, the perfect role for highly emotional men – while this very morning, Nigel Farage was unveiling a new chair: Dr David Bull. David brings extensive experience with witchcraft, ghosts, spirits and beasts from his time as presenter of paranormal reality TV show Most Haunted Live, where he packaged the wailings of reekingly obvious charlatan/compelling spirit medium Derek Acorah for a studio audience. I can’t imagine what this CV could do for Reform, but Nigel Farage must have seen something in it.Derek Acorah crossed permanently to the spiri...

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32 h. ago Nigel Farage says Zia Yusuf 'lost his rag' in row over 'daft' burka ban but has been 'forgiven'

On a visit to Wales the party leader said Mr Yusuf was now 'very much back, and enthused' after barely 48 hours in the wilderness.

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45 h. ago Nigel Farage's 10 most public spats as he faces 'serious lack of leadership' jibe

There are fresh questions over Nigel Farage's leadership skills following the Zia Yusuf saga, with the Reform leader having got in a number of public spats over the years

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45 h. ago Nigel Farage's 10 most public spats as Reform rocked after 'serious lack of leadership'

There are fresh questions over Nigel Farage's leadership skills following the Zia Yusuf saga, with the Reform leader having got in a number of public spats over the years

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3 d. ago Zia Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as party chair

Businessman blames exhaustion for his error of judgement

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3 d. ago Zia Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as party chairman

U-turn comes just two days after businessman said he no longer believed working to get a Reform government elected was a good use of time

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3 d. ago Voices: What can Reform do to shift the idea it is the ‘Nigel Party’?

The loss of a Scottish parliament by-election that Farage had hoped to win, coupled with the resignation of his chairman amid a row about banning the burqa, could reshape the electoral fortunes of all parties, says Andrew Grice

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4 d. ago There’s much more to Zia Yusuf’s dramatic resignation from Reform than a row over the burqa

Zia Yusuf is a casualty of Reform’s inability to raise a big enough election war chest, reports David Maddox

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4 d. ago Who are the 'Brexit badboys' tipped to replace Zia Yusuf as Reform UK turmoil deepens

Nigel Farage allies Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore have emerged as favourites to take on the chairman role

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4 d. ago Reform in crisis as Nigel Farage's party descends into vicious infighting after chairman Zia Yusuf quits and it finishes THIRD in Scots by

Former banker Zia Yusuf quit his senior role last night after appearing to call one of the party's MPs 'dumb' for backing a burqa ban. And Labour won Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse vote.

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4 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Reform's precocious political ingenue will be back, but there is deep trouble at the heart of Farage's party

Nigel Farage hired the precocious political ingenue, a former Tory, after Zia Yusuf made a £200,000 donation to Reform.

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4 d. ago Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf QUITS working for Nigel Farage amid 'ban the burka' row

The multi-millionaire businessman said he no longer believed that working for Reform to win power at the next general election was 'a good use of my time'.

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5 d. ago Zia you later! Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf resigns following 'burka ban' row in major blow to Nigel Farage

Zia Yusuf quits role he has held for almost a year saying: ‘I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time’

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5 d. ago Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf resigns following 'burka ban' row in major blow to Nigel Farage

Zia Yusuf announced that he was quitting the role he has held for almost a year saying: ‘I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time’

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5 d. ago Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf QUITS as he says working for a Nigel Farage

The multi-millionaire businessman said he no longer believed that working for Reform to win power at the next general election was 'a good use of my time'.

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5 d. ago Reform chairman Zia Yusuf resigns following 'burka ban' row in major blow to Nigel Farage

Zia Yusuf announced that he was quitting the role he has held for almost a year

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage's party in chaos after Reform chairman QUITS post

Reform's chairman Zia Yusuf resigned his post with a party jibe for Nigel Farage's party after he criticised new MP Sarah Pochin for a PMQs question on whether to ban the burka

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3 w. ago Rupert Lowe: Threats investigation against ex Reform MP dropped

Rupert Lowe insisted the accusations, and his suspension from Reform, were a politically motivated retaliation for his criticism of leader Nigel Farage

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