Zia Yusuf has spoken out on GB News for the first time since Robert Jenrick was recruited as Reform’s sixth MP. Reform UK’s Head of Policy said he and his team welcomed the shock defection, which has been in the works since September 2025. Mr Jenrick’s dramatic departure from the Conservative Party shook Westminster after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch ousted her Shadow Justice Secretary from his position over a “secret” plot to defect to Nigel Farage’s party on Thursday.And, just a few hours later, Nigel Farage unveiled the grinning ex-Tory leadership contender as Reform’s sixth MP.
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But now the recruitment of the former Conservative has reignited debate over the possiblity of “infighting” between the big beasts.In the past, the two have not been unafraid of mud-slinging, launching political jibes at one another in the public eye.Formerly described as political rivals, Mr Yusuf and Mr Jenrick locked horns last summer after the ex-Immigration Minister insisted he had “fought tooth and nail” to slash migration figures. He fired back at Mr Yusuf: “Did the last Government do enough? No. That’s why I resigned.”But enough about me. Why do your own colleagues call you Zia Useless?”Mr Yusuf then hit back, saying: “Robert, everyone in Westminster hears what you have been saying to the wet Tory MPs, how you are only “pivoting right to hurt Reform” and then will go back to the centre, where you came from.But now Mr Yusuf has changed his tone, telling GB News: “The group of us had dinner just a couple of nights ago, and as I said, we’ve got a great working relationship. I want to say this too.”We are still procuring the talent that we need at Reform.”So I would not pay any attention to all of those palace intrigue rumors because they’re just not true.”MORE TO FOLLOW…LATEST DEVELOPMENTSOur Standards:
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