Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting

Zia Yusuf, who resigned as Reform UK chairman on Thursday, is to return to work for the get together in a brand new function.

Yusuf will lead what the get together calls its “Doge crew” – which is modelled on the Division of Authorities Effectivity arrange by US President Donald Trump.

Earlier this week, Yusuf give up the get together, saying working to get the get together elected was now not ” use of my time”, with out increasing additional.

On Saturday, Reform UK chief Nigel Farage informed the BBC that Yusuf will tackle a extra public function for the get together in a brand new function, showing extra continuously within the media.

He mentioned: “Zia regrets what he mentioned and did the opposite day. It was a mixture of 11 months onerous work and exhaustion.”

In a publish on X, Yusuf mentioned he had acquired numerous messages urging him to rethink leaving the get together and defined why he give up two days in the past.

“After 11 months of working as a volunteer to construct a political get together from scratch, with barely a single time without work, my tweet was a choice born of exhaustion,” he wrote.

Yusuf mentioned he got here into politics “out of perception that Nigel Farage was the person” to guide the nation, including “I consider in this stuff greater than ever”.

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