Reform UK chairman calls Farage’s newest MP ‘dumb’ over burqa ban calls

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Zia Yusuf said it is ‘dumb’ for the party to urge Keir Starmer to do things Reform UK would not

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The chairman of Reform UK has appeared to brand the party’s newest MP “dumb” for asking Sir Keir Starmer to introduce a burqa ban.

Sarah Pochin, the new Runcorn and Helsby MP, used her first PMQs question to call on the prime minister to ban burqas “in the interest of public safety”.

Reform UK chairman calls Farage’s newest MP ‘dumb’ over burqa ban calls

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