Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf resigns as civil war in party deepens

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Reform chair Zia Yusuf has quit after a row with the party’s newest MP

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Reform UK have been hit by further chaos after the man brought in by Nigel Farage to professionalise the party quit following a row with their newest MP.

Zia Yusuf, a Muslim businessman, had described new Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin as “dumb” after she challenged Keir Starmer over the legality of women wearing the burqa in the UK during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.