Reform UK's chairman today hit out at his own MP's 'dumb' question in the House of Commons about banning the burqa.
Zia Yusuf questioned why Sarah Pochin, Reform's recently-elected MP for Runcorn and Helsby, had challenged the Prime Minister about the issue on Wednesday.
During PMQs, Ms Pochin asked Sir Keir Starmer if he would support outlawing the burqa - which is worn by some Muslim women - 'in the interests of public safety'.
But Reform officials sowed confusion by later revealing that banning the burqa is not the party's official policy.
In a hint at an internal party row, Mr Yusuf posted on X: 'I do think it's dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn't do.'
