Zia Yusuf

thumb|A country that spends £60billion a year on defence should stand powerless as men arrive in small boats day after day Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf (born October 1986) is a British politician and businessman. He currently serves as Reform UK's spokesperson for home affairs. He was its head of policy from September 2025 to February 2026. Quotes I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and hereby resign the office. Quoted in "Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform UK chairman", BBC News (5 June 2025). After 11 months of working as a volunteer to build a political party from scratch, with barely a single day off, my tweet was a decision born of exhaustion. Yusuf reinstated in: "Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting" BBC News (7 June 2025). We want to design the function of Whitehall, and then its form, and then its size, so the size will be determined by the form that we arrive at. What I can confidently say, though, is that we are going to get this overall headcount of the centre of the civil service base in Whitehall back down below the levels it was at before Brexit. "Top ministers shouldn’t have to waste time on constituency issues like local swimming pools, Reform’s Zia Yusuf says", The Sun (28 October 2025). Our plan is simple. First, we will create an integrated surveillance command, unifying military and intelligence surveillance to make ours the most surveilled maritime border in the world.Second, any vessel attempting to cross illegally will be intercepted by our Armed Forces. We'll return them back to France. Not a single illegal migrant trying to reach our shores will make it to Britain. To those with no right to enter Britain, our border will be impenetrable.Once the world realises that crossing the Channel illegally leads only to being intercepted by our Royal Marines and returned to France, the incentive structure breaks. From news conference speech, as cited in "Reform: We’ll land troops on French beaches if France refuses migrants", The Telegraph (3 August 2026). The proposed policy was named Operation Fortress and Yusuf said it would be "the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two". Quotes about Yusuf Zia regrets what he said and did the other day. It was a combination of 11 months [of] hard work and exhaustion. Nigel Farage quoted on Yusuf's reappointment as chairman in "Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting" BBC News (7 June 2025). There cannot be a valid opposition party in the UK with @ZiaYusufUK anywhere near it. A Britain focused party cannot have a Mohammedan as the chair. Islam is not your friend if you believe in free speech, family and British culture. You cannot buy us. Laurence Fox quoted in "Muslim chair of Reform UK faces storm of racist abuse from party supporters", Middle East Eye (10 March 2025). External links Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Businesspeople from Scotland Category:Reform UK politicians Category:Politicians from Scotland Category:Muslims from the United Kingdom Category:People from Glasgow