Zia Yusuf clashes with Nick Robinson on Radio 4 Today
Zia Yusuf claims Farage is bravely "bringing forward" the judgment of "the ultimate authority": the people of Clacton. Two problems here: 1) He's insisting they judge *before* the full evidence has been heard, not *after*; 2) No constituency can exempt its MP from rules designed to protect us all
helen133) The only person standing against him is a man with a bin on his head. So it isn't really Nige vs the Establishment, it's just Nige wasting everyone's time. (Unless the best outcome, Count Binface beats him & we all laugh for ever, occurs.)
njs1.bsky.social4Reform has decided to attack & be aggressive & shouty. She needed to press the point that if Farage had done nothing wrong & he was sure he'd be cleared then why go for an election. This loud, hectoring, in your face style will be counter productive for Reform. It might work for Trump but not here.
Nettle4Expert manipulator riled by legal scrutiny, tries to bypass procedures by re-running his election, as though the public vote is equal to legal judgement. He is using trump tactics: deny, deflect, delay, and don't put anything in writing. Clacton is between a rock and a hard place indeed.
globelimper.bsky.social4Zia Yusuf is just clearly articulating @reform-uk-official.bsky.social contempt for the rule of law, Parliament and our democracy. This is all pretty standard for them, who believe that as the rich the rules are for others.
Stevie3By this logic, if we get caught red handed crimming (any crime of your choice), all we have to do is to get people in our town to vote that the law is not applicable. How does that work?
Tony Barrett2Replace juries with Clacton voters
Zia Yusuf - shoved out to make a fool of himself for Farage - insists on #r4today that the people are the ultimate authority and that they should decide on an MP’s wrongdoing, not any regulatory body or the courts. It would seem the people don’t agree with him on that.
thepolyorchid20Also, how can the people of Clacton judge any element of this until all of the reports and investigations into his conduct are concluded and the reports published in full? Facts matter. And the lying little shite can’t get any of his stories straight so far…
Paul Russell11It’s much better if you let the ‘people’ decide as you can just lie to them about what you’ve done and you don’t have show them irritating things like evidence.
Shruti Bhargava11I just caught him saying “he’s not trying to evade” (then switched channels). That’s exactly what he’s trying to do ! Supreme gaslighting. Following the Trump playbook.
gec236.bsky.social834% don’t know .. what .. have they got heat stroke Wake the fuck up 🤬
Sonnet4Funny how all these "law and order" types want to avoid law and order when it is they who are under scrutiny for allegedly breaking the law and order! 🤔
eastcoastclaret.bsky.social4It seems only fair to have your supporters decide if you are guilty or not. We could introduce it in courts and have a jury madeup of the defendants family.
💥Nick Robinson to Zia Yusuf: "Do you really think that Nigel Farage's credibility will be re-establshed by fighting Count Binface in a by-election that nobody pays attention to?"
Andrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺46Oh I think we'll all be listening to the Count!
Aphex Gwyn31Bloody hell, is Farage beginning to lose Nick Robinson now? Pretty soon it'll be just GB News and Chris Mason in his corner.
Stuart Herbert9As always, Nick Robinson misses the mark. The real question is: “why do you claim a democratic vote legitimises the dodgy donations to Farage? Isn’t that literally straight out of the fascist playbook?”
Russ9Farage and his regime’s goons aren’t getting enough pushback saying that we don’t decide parliamentary standards by asking a cohort of geriatric racists who already voted for him once.
Dr Bendigeidfran 🏴4It’s going to be bigger than the World Cup what are they on about. The hilarity of it
Casmilus4The false premise is that Nigel ever had any "credibility".
Alex von Tunzelmann168I think it might do quite a lot to establish the credibility of Count Binface.
Thomas I-G88When you wanted to "wrestle back the agenda" but the agenda is now whether or not you can beat a bin.
Daley AF(C)8My first day as Nigel Farage’s campaign manager seems to be going well. Later I need to arrange a debate with a man dressed as a bin.
Jane A.2Oh people will be paying attention!
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf, "Just because you came to the country legally, doesn't mean you get to stay forever" Just as, just because you represent Reform UK, doesn't mean they'll accept your application to stand as an MP? 🤷♂️
stupid-h-monkey.bsky.social15I wonder if his Sri Lankan born parents agree with him?
Òlúségùn Èhínfún12This guy is just freaking unbelievable😳
Cin12Then that applies to his parents and Farage’s partner right?
John Brown5It's amazing that Yusuf is such a racist he wants to destroy the security of his own parents. Words fail me
Jon Gill4He would deport his own parents
barb58.bsky.social3This man is an utter c***! And I never use that word 😞
Zia Yusuf wants us to believe that a super rich, privately educated former commodities trader who owns multiple properties & receives 'gifts' from other super rich individuals (including £5m from a crypto billionaire) is a man of the people taking on the establishment.
Ben2Why does the BBC go along with filming Farage downing a pint? Ed Davey must be fuming about the act he has to put on to get them to film the backdrops he wants!
Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory1Farage represents the establishment, that’s why they pay him millions over his £100,000 salary that the taxpayer pays him an an MP!
Zia Yusuf has the perfect combination of charmlessness, arrogance and stupidity to thrive in Reform. Does anyone really take this fella seriously? #r4today
Simon James7Tbf, this is nowhere near as bad as the performance of Reform banshee, Laila Cunningham, on Newsnight.
Terry Watkins3He's what happens when you let a rich person buy some friends who he has seen on the telly.
BlackCanine2When his money runs out, he'll be ejected. His "friends" will suddenly notice that he's brown.
