Reform’s Zia Yusuf is sounding more and more like Trump every day | Zoe Williams
But to clog the collective consciousness with nonsense is exactly the point Had Reform merely announced its intention to suspend the asylum system for an…
The Guardian reports: But to clog the collective consciousness with nonsense is exactly the point Had Reform merely announced its intention to suspend the asylum system for an entire parliamentary term, I’d have just ignored it.
On the Today programme, his comments were disconnected, cliche-riddled and unremittingly stupid. Even to dignify its policy platform with a response is to enter its alternate universe, in which it’s preparing for government.
This politics story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Reform’s Zia Yusuf, Trump and Zoe Williams.
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- I prefer, if only fractionally, this universe we’re in, where the party hangs by a thread on the results of a parliamentary inquiry into Nigel Farage’s £5m… (The Guardian)
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