Zia Yusuf, a senior member of Reform UK, faces calls for dismissal after a colleague mistakenly liked an antisemitic post targeting Tory MP Robert Jenrick's wife. The incident drew attention following a video shared by an anonymous account that showed Yusuf's interaction with the post, which contained derogatory language. Yusuf, now leading the party's Doge unit, has since issued an apology. Jenrick criticized the situation, reiterating that Yusuf had previously accused him of being a traitor regarding an Afghan data breach.
Nigel Farage is facing calls to sack his right-hand man Zia Yusuf after the senior Reform UK figure said that a member of his team accidentally pressed like on an antisemitic post which attacked the wife of Tory MP Robert Jenrick.
The former Reform chair, who now heads the party's Doge unit, has apologised for the incident, which comes after an anonymous X user posted a video that appeared to show Mr Yusuf liking a tweet.
An anonymous account that shared the screen recording of Mr Yusuf's interaction with the post described it as absolutely horrifying antisemitism.
Mr Jenrick said he called bull**** and pointed out that Mr Yusuf had been calling him a traitor for the previous 48 hours over the Afghan data breach.
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