Who is David Bull? Former doctor and presenter made Reform UK chair You might recognise him from the paranormal reality TV show Most Haunted Live! Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
The television personality and former doctor now chairing Reform UK IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025
Ex-Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull revealed as new Reform chairman Nigel Farage said the former doctor and Most Haunted Live! presenter would bring ‘terrific verve, energy, enthusiasm’ to the job Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
Former Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull named new chairman of Reform UK His appointment comes after businessman Zia Yusuf resigned from the position last week. Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
David Bull: The doctor and former Most Haunted Live! presenter unveiled as new Reform UK chair David Bull left the medical profession in 2009 as his television career took off, although his licence was temporarily restored to allow him to help out in the Covid crisis The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025
Reeves struggles to explain the genius of Labour’s winter fuel payment U-turn Chancellor reluctantly tries to smooth things over but looks as if she can’t quite believe some of the nonsense she is saying The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025
Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control The protests in LA are what everyone feared, and a warning to countries that flirt with populism, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025
Nigel Farage says he has forgiven Zia Yusuf for resignation Businessman Mr Yusuf returned to the party over the weekend, just 48 hours after he quit his position, saying he had made an ‘error’. Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025
Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining Reform leader says steel and coal industries can be revived but does not say how beyond ‘scrapping net zero’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025
Farage to call for Port Talbot blast furnaces to reopen Mr Farage will pitch Reform UK as Labour’s main challenger in the Welsh elections next year. Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
It’s just not cricket to call cycling ‘extreme’ Brief letters: Cricketers on bikes | Caribbean rum | Zia Yusuf | Flies and bananas | Train stations The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Kemi Badenoch says employers should be able to ban burqas in the workplace The Tory leader also claimed she wouldn’t let people into her constituency surgeries if they wore face veils The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
Zia Yusuf’s return to Reform UK ‘great news’, says deputy leader He quit as chairman on Thursday but has now said that was the result of ‘exhaustion’ and working for 11 months ‘without a day off’. Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
Kemi Badenoch says she does not speak to women in burqas at constituency surgery Tory leader says there are ‘more insidious’ issues but she asks people who attend her surgery to remove face coverings The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 Kemi Badenoch says company bosses should have right to ban burkas and face coverings in workplace The Conservative Party leader also blasted first-cousin marriages and sharia courts as an ‘insidious’ barrier to cultural integration
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2025 Zia Yusuf returns to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as chairman The 38-year-old businessman said his decision to stand down had been the result of ‘exhaustion’ and working for 11 months ‘without a day off’.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 7, 2025 Zia Yusuf returns to Reform UK in new 'Doge role' just two days after quitting Zia Yusuf has U-turned on his decision to quit Reform UK just two days after he resigned
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025 Zia Yusuf announces return to Reform UK two days after quitting as chair Former party chair says he will lead a ‘Doge team’ inspired by Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2025 Zia Yusuf returns to Reform UK two days after quitting over burka ban stance Former party chairman Yusuf said his decision to leave on Thursday was a ‘mistake’ and the result of ‘exhaustion’
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025 Zia Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as party chair Businessman blames exhaustion for his error of judgement
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025 Ex-Reform chairman Zia Yusuf ‘snapped’ after a tirade of abuse from ‘extreme right’, claims Farage Zia Yusuf quit the party on Thursday saying he no longer believes working to get Reform elected is a good use of time
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025 Voices: What can Reform do to shift the idea it is the ‘Nigel Party’? INSIDE WESTMINSTER: The loss of a Scottish parliament by-election that Farage had hoped to win, coupled with the resignation of his chairman amid a row about banning the burqa, could reshape the electoral fortunes of all parties, says Andrew Grice
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025 Leading British Muslims accuse Reform UK of stoking hostile sentiment Chorus of disapproval follows resignation of party chair Zia Yusuf over burqa ban row
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025 There’s much more to Zia Yusuf’s dramatic resignation from Reform than a row over the burqa NEWS ANALYSIS: Zia Yusuf is a casualty of Reform’s inability to raise a big enough election war chest, reports David Maddox