- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has publicly reprimanded the party's home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, for calling former Conservative defence secretary Ben Wallace a traitor.
- Mr Farage said that Mr Yusuf's comments were over the top and too strong, confirming he would speak to him directly regarding the matter.
- Mr Yusuf made the attack on social media after Mr Wallace, a former soldier who served in Northern Ireland, criticised Reform UK's pledge to deport all foreign nationals held in British jails.
- In his online posts, Mr Yusuf suggested that Mr Wallace should be “prosecuted for treason” regarding the relocation of Afghan nationals to the UK.
- Prominent figures including Labour MP Oliver Ryan condemned the comments, with Mr Ryan calling for Mr Yusuf to be sacked.
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