The Chairman of the nativist Reform U.Ok. party, Zia Yusuf, has stop over a brand new MP from his party asking whether or not the U.Ok. authorities would ban the burqa.
“Eleven months ago, I became chairman of Reform. I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14% to 30%, quadrupled its membership and delivered historic electoral results,” Mr. Yusuf stated on X, including, he was quitting his job because it was now not use of his time.
On Wednesday (June 4, 2025), Reform’s new MP, Sarah Pochin, requested Prime Minister Keir Starmer throughout the phase for Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) whether or not his authorities would ban the burqa on public security grounds, following the instance of a number of different European nations. Mr. Starmer had stated he wouldn’t go down that path.
“I do think it’s dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn’t do,” Mr. Yusuf stated.
Reform U.Ok. chief and MP, Nigel Farage, stated he was “genuinely sorry” to see Mr. Yusuf go, crediting him for Reform’s success within the May 1 native elections in England.
The outcomes, which have been a crushing defeat for the Conservatives and a warning signal for Labour, had rattled Mr. Starmer, prompting his authorities to announce restrictions on immigration and a partial rollback in cuts to winter gasoline subsidies for senior residents.
The information of Mr. Yusuf’s departure got here as Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell received the Scottish parliamentary constituency of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, taking it from the Scottish National Party (SNP) after an important byelection on Thursday (June 5, 2025).
Labour and the SNP received 31.6% and 29.4% of the votes, respectively, whereas Reform secured 26.1% of the vote share. During the marketing campaign, Mr. Farage had accused Scottish Labour chief Anas Sarwar, who was born in Scotland to folks from Pakistan, of “sectarianism” over feedback he had made a 2022 occasion celebrating Pakistan’s seventy fifth anniversary of Independence. Mr. Farage’s remarks had been denounced as racist by the SNP and Labour.
On Friday (June 6, 2025), Mr. Farage celebrated the vote share his party had received within the byelection.
Published – June 06, 2025 10:30 pm IST
