Zia Yusuf has resigned as chairman of Reform UK, saying that working to get the party elected is ‘no longer a good use of my time.’
In a post announcing his resignation on X, Yusuf said: “11 months ago I became Chairman of Reform. I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14 to 30%, quadrupled its membership and delivered historic electoral results. I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and hereby resign the office.”
His resignation comes just hours after he hit out Reform’s newest MP Sarah Pochin for a “dumb” question she asked at PMQs this week.
Speaking about Yusuf’s resignation, party leader Nigel Farage said he was “genuinely sorry” to see him stand down.
He continued: “As I said just last week, he was a huge factor in our success on May 1st and is an enormously talented person. “Politics can be a highly pressured and difficult game and Zia has clearly had enough. He is a loss to us and public life.”
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