Nigel Farage admitted former Reform chairman Zia Yusuf 'lost his rag' last week when he lashed out at a 'dumb' question by a party MP about a burka ban and then briefly quit.
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.
Mr Farage admitted he was 'not exactly chuffed with what he had to say' when Mr Yusuf tweeted that Sarah Pochin's PMQs question about banning Islamic veils was 'dumb'.
But he told reporters in Port Talbot that 'people make mistakes' and that Mr Yusuf 'said he was sorry and I have forgiven him.'
Former banker Mr Yusuf has returned to Reform but in a lesser role leading its drive to cut local council waste.
