Top Reform politicians have criticised Zia Yusuf over “nasty” comments he made suggesting the favourite Labour candidate to replace Sir Keir Starmer in the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election is not British.
Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia and the current leader of Camden council, has been tipped as an early front-runner to take over from Sir Keir, who is stepping down as an MP in his London constituency.