The resignation of Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has sparked further grumbles about other recent hires by Nigel Farage, suggesting the party’s squabbles are far from over. Nick Candy, the party’s star treasurer, is now under fire from sources inside the party as complaints grow he is failing to bring in the promise of big donations.

Zia Yusuf, a Muslim businessman, had described new Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin as “dumb” after she challenged Keir Starmer over the legality of women wearing the burqa in the UK during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

The resignation of Zia Yusuf as Reform UK's chairman matters because he was a central character in the stand out trend in British politics since the general election – the rise and rise of Nigel Farage's party.