Zia Yusuf, Chairman of Reform UKReform UK’s chairman has hit out at the party’s new MP for asking a “dumb” question in the Commons.Sarah Pochin askedKeir Starmer during Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions if the government would follow the example of France, Denmark and Belgium and “ban the burqa”.Starmer did not offer a direct answer, and just said he was not “going to follow her down that line”.It later emerged that banning the burqa, which is typically worn by Muslim women to cover their whole bodies aside from their eyes, is not even Reform’s policy.A spokesman told HuffPost UK the party wanted to see “a national debate” on the issue.Right-wing media personality Katie Hopkins then asked on X if party chairman Zia Yusuf was behind that quote.Yusuf quickly hit back, writing: “Nothing to do with me. Had no idea about the question nor that it wasn’t policy. Busy with other stuff.”He added: “I do think it’s
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