Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says party chairman Zia Yusuf made a “mistake” by quitting, but has returned in a new role leading a UK Doge team. Yusuf resigned suddenly on social media but reversed his decision within 24 hours following talks with Farage.
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00:00He is important to me, all right. I mean, this is somebody I met many years ago, very dedicated to the same ideas that I've got, that the party's got, who's given 11 months of continuous service, unpaid, not charged with any expenses.
00:14And I think to some extent was very, very tired and tired. People make mistakes. And he did make a mistake.
00:21He sort of lashed out on social media, resigned, walked away. And I spoke to him the next morning and clearly he regretted what he'd done.
00:31He is a valued member of the team. He's someone I want with me as we go ahead towards the next general election.
00:38So he's back. He's taking a very specific role this time, especially around Doge, going in to the county councils, looking at where billions of pounds of council taxpayers money is being spent.
00:51Carrying on doing media, carrying on helping me with policy. So he's got a big job to do, but we're broadening the management base.
00:58And frankly, the workload that he had before was impossible.