Zia Yusuf announces return to Reform UK two days after quitting as chair

<p>Former party chair says he will lead a ‘Doge team’ inspired by Elon Musk and Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/05/reforms-new-chair-zia-yusuf-a-man-intent-on-making-nigel-farage-pm">Zia Yusuf</a> has said he will return to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, just <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/05/zia-yusuf-quits-as-chair-of-reform-uk-after-new-mp-burqa-ban-row">two days after quitting the party</a>.</p><p>Yusuf was the rightwing party’s chair but resigned on Thursday after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/05/reform-uk-row-as-party-chair-labels-new-mps-call-for-a-burqa-ban-dumb">suggesting it was “dumb”</a> of the party’s newest MP to ask the prime minister if he would ban the burqa.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/07/zia-yusuf-return-reform-uk">Continue reading...</a>