6 h. ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf questioned by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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6 h. ago Reform’s Zia Yusuf branded ‘rude’ for heated Question Time audience member clash

Reform’s Zia Yusuf has been slammed for being “rude” during a heated clash with a Question Time audience member.

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8 h. ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf ambushed by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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13 h. ago Reform's Zia Yusuf condemns BBC for ambushing him with questions from small boat migrants on Question Time

Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, appeared on the immigration special to debate the issue but was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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16 h. ago BBC Question Time audience gasp as Reform UK's Zua Yusuf slammed as 'rude'

The Reform UK politician drew sharp reactions in Dover when he told a long-serving NHS worker he “hadn’t paid attention” to the party’s policies.

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25 h. ago BBC Question Time crowd gasp as Reform UK's Zia Yusuf branded 'typically rude'

One member of the crowd in Dover, Kent was heard shout "that's rude" when Zia Yusuf took a swipe at a man in the audience who merely asked a question about immigration

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25 h. ago BBC Question Time audience claps as panelist skewers Nigel Farage in immigration row

Question Time on the BBC aired a special episode last night — touching only on immigration — and it led to feisty showdowns between the likes of Zia Yusuf and Zack Polanski

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1 week ago Reform breaks silence on ‘treacherous’ Nathan Gill over taking Russia bribes

Zia Yusuf has become the first senior figure in Reform to comment on the party’s former leader in Wales after he was jailed for taking money from the Kremlin

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2 w. ago BBC Question Time audience applaud as guest skewers Tory MP for 'fobbing UK off'

During Thursday's Question Time, members of the audience in Loughborough, Leicestershire, asked Conservative MP Joe Robertson if he would apologise for the party's errors amid the Covid pandemic

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2 w. ago Why I woke up this morning convinced that everyone who can leave Britain should do so... before it's too late, writes PETER HITCHENS

I can still remember the groans from the audience and the panel when, on BBC Question Time, I advised young people to get out of this country while they still could.

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2 w. ago Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – politics live

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliamentBack at the Reform UK press conference, Zia Yusuf, the party’s head of policy, has just finished outlining his plan to cut spending on foreignersAs he finished, Yusuf claimed this was “treachery”.Labour is making the conscious and deliberate decision to continue funding extortionate amounts to foreign nationals, to the detriment of British citizens.And I don’t know what to call that. Frankly, in my view, it’s treachery. I think it’s appalling. British people are sick and tired of it.Just a few months ago, Rachel Reeves was saying she couldn’t afford to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Now it looks like becoming her latest U-turn.This isn’t because the economic circumstances have improved. Quite the opposite. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK blasts Rachel Reeves' 'treachery' for hiking taxes on Brits while spending 'extortionate' amounts on foreigners

At a Westminster press conference, Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf, Reform's policy chief, set out five major measures to save £25billion in the current financial year alone.

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2 w. ago Reform’s Zia Yusuf in heated clash with presenter over parents migration from Sri Lanka

Reform’s head of policy, Zia Yusuf, clashed with a Sky News presenter during a debate on immigration, after being asked about his parents’ decision to move to the UK from Sri Lanka in the 1980s.

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3 w. ago BBC Question Time audience member sparks laughter with cheeky six

The BBC Question Time audience member aimed a cheeky jibe at the British public during a feisty debate

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