Zia Yusuf

Casdon

Wyllow3

What's the USA take on all this? Are we Important Enough....

I really think they have their own fish to fry at the moment, it’s all kicked off, fun for we flies on the wall to watch. I saw some are telling Trump to deport Musk now.

😂

I think that Lowe is probably too far right for even the Reform voters to stomach, and Farage knows this.

Lowe won’t be brought back in until Farage judges that he can get away with it.

Wyllow3

What's the USA take on all this? Are we Important Enough....

I really think they have their own fish to fry at the moment, it’s all kicked off, fun for we flies on the wall to watch. I saw some are telling Trump to deport Musk now.

Doubt it… just another potential colony.

What's the USA take on all this? Are we Important Enough....

Silverbrooks

GB News:

^Nigel Farage slams door on Rupert Lowe comeback after Zia Yusuf’s shock exit: 'I'd rather eat razor blades!' ^

Blimey. Truth out on GB news of all places.

What a press beat up. The bloke is very rich man who most likely got sick of giving up all his time to Reform. He wants his life back and who could blame him ? Reform has arisen at the wrong time, 4 years out from a possible change of government and why put in all that time when it is all pxxszing in the wind really ? He woke up and smelt the coffee.

Casdon

Ben Habib is forming a new party isn’t he? There doesn’t appear to be much love lost between him and Nigel Farage.
What he said actually bears out what people have been saying on this thread.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusive/coward-farage-introspective-reform-deputy/

"Rats in a sack" come to mind.

Silverbrooks

GB News:

^Nigel Farage slams door on Rupert Lowe comeback after Zia Yusuf’s shock exit: 'I'd rather eat razor blades!' ^

Farage has always been cut-throat!

GB News:

Nigel Farage slams door on Rupert Lowe comeback after Zia Yusuf’s shock exit: 'I'd rather eat razor blades!'

Ben Habib is forming a new party isn’t he? There doesn’t appear to be much love lost between him and Nigel Farage.
What he said actually bears out what people have been saying on this thread.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusive/coward-farage-introspective-reform-deputy/

There seems to be a lot of support for reinstating Ben Habib and/or Rupert Lowe. Is that what's behind Yusuf's resignation? Is that what Reform voters want? If so, why?

lafergar

What exactly do people find so threatening about a woman choosing to wear an outer garment when out and about shopping or doing the school run?

Do you have any opinion about Yusuf and Reform?

What exactly do people find so threatening about a woman choosing to wear an outer garment when out and about shopping or doing the school run?

keepingquiet

Despite our personal opinions on what people should or shouldn't choose to wear in this country I also don't believe this is why Yusuf resigned. He himself said it isn't in his own interests to stay in Reform. That's because it is a company of people promoting their own individual interests and this will become more evident now they are acquiring more power and influence.
OP says she doesn't know much about Reforms internal politics and that's because they don't know themselves! There are no internal politics, just grifting pure and simple.
Reform had nothing to offer Yusuf anymore, so he left.
Nothing to do with what women wear on their heads.

My impression is the same as yours - that it has nothing to do with burqas. That's why I've started a new thread on burqas.

I still don't really understand why most of the posts on social media are so negative towards Yusuf. There is even a poster with the username "SackYusuf".

Despite our personal opinions on what people should or shouldn't choose to wear in this country I also don't believe this is why Yusuf resigned. He himself said it isn't in his own interests to stay in Reform. That's because it is a company of people promoting their own individual interests and this will become more evident now they are acquiring more power and influence.
OP says she doesn't know much about Reforms internal politics and that's because they don't know themselves! There are no internal politics, just grifting pure and simple.
Reform had nothing to offer Yusuf anymore, so he left.
Nothing to do with what women wear on their heads.

Racism and xenophobia is the only thing they have

I do not support Reform in any shape or form, and it has been obvious for a long time that Farage is unable to work with anyone else. I believe there have been concerns about relations with Yusef for some time. But I am tired of the above accusations thrown at anyone who purports to support them.

Farage knew Sara Pochin would ask her question about the burka. How anyone in this country can support the wearing of the burka is beyond me. It is not a garment of choice, as silly Bev turner said yesterday, 'we can choose to wear a bikini or a burka'but a garment of repression, imposed by men, their fathers, husbands, brothers and sons on the women in their family. It is a primitive garment designed to conceal all trace of identity, hot, uncomfortable, the heavy material supported by a tight fitting metal contraption worn on the head causing headaches and neck strain, but most serious of all, it is a barrier to integration.
I wasn't aware until this issue was raised, that many European countries have banned the burka for some years. We should do the same. It is perfectly possible for women to dress modestly without wearing such a restrictive and isolating garment, and one imposed on women only.

growstuff

Thanks for your post Silverbrooks. I don't follow Reform, so don't know much about the characters or internal squabbling, so it's good to find something out.

Seconded.

Good post * Silverbrook* . Mr Farage's ego means that he is unable to see that he might need other people to succeed.
He is very good at the soundbite, but has a poor record in following through, turning up, etc. This was true in his career as an MEP, and appears to be so in his life as an MP.
He needs people who can organise and analyse, skills he does not have, but absolutely cannot see this, as he is so utterly confident in his abilities.
The Scottish result plus the resignation might cause a more reflective leader to wonder...probably not Mr Farage..

Isn’t an inability to work with others about the biggest blockage to the long term success of a party leader there could be though? It’s one thing having a shared vision, but quite another to have the ability to bring others together to make the vision reality I think.

It is to be honest Farages difficulty in working with almost anyone that will be the only 'blockage' I can see in terms of Reforms progress. That characteristic hasn't stopped Trumps progress but he was in a slightly different situation in terms of funding his movement.

Brilliant post Silverbrook mail on head. Key for me

"Ultimately, Yusuf’s presence in the party threatened the thing Farage holds most dear: the monopoly of his personal brand. In that sense, Yusuf didn’t just leave – he was pushed to the periphery by the gravitational force of Farage’s ego.If this pattern feels familiar, it’s because it is"

I wonder if Zia Yusuf was aware of the Reform "advert", featuring Anas Sarwar, before it hit SM, could he have approved - surely not, too many parallels with himself. If not, what were his thoughts when he saw it, or was he aware, objected and overruled. Follow that with the burqa question and surely he must have questioned his place in Reform.

Is this the same Nathaniel Fried who said he was working in this DOGE charade because he loved his country ... and now quits after a couple of days?

This is what a Reform government would be like. I suppose they could always get Lee Anderson to step in to the DOGE role. We know he can count up to 30p.