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VV's avatar

I applaud Zia for never separating Muslim and British identities, when it comes to himself and making admirable commitments like being in favour of a burka ban to enforce assimilation. I wonder, however, what he would estimate the percentage of Muslims living in Britain today, who would oppose his views, firmly choosing religious norms over country values and what he proposes to do, when it comes to such cases?

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Ben B's avatar

A lot of people voted Reform in the local elections simply because it was Reform, not because of the actual candidates, many of whom frankly weren’t up to scratch. Given some of the questionable characters who ended up on the ballot, do you accept that better vetting should have been a priority?

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John Lumgair's avatar

And I'd tack on how do you insentivise good people coming forward

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Zak's avatar

A few….

1) Has Zia read Fraser Nelson’s proposals for dealing with the benefits trap?

2) Has Zia read Douglas Carswell’s proposals for dealing with the benefits bill for immigrants?

3) what plans does Reform have for dealing with postal voting and corruption concerns?

4) what plans does Reform have for the bloated Lords?

5) Will any form of PR be on the table? (My view is it could be used in reform of the Lords but not the HoC)

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Claudia von Ayres's avatar

Should we bring down parliament, house of Lords and the royals to make our own state(The Patriotic State of England), elected our first president and make our own constitution (No. I: being Free speech?) Tommy Robinson for President of PSE!!!🤭

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Claudia von Ayres's avatar

Caveat being that we do Podcast Politics to replace the old politics and voting system. Voting should not just be an X in a ballet box. That sh!t is for the simple minded. We have advance from that kind of toy Democracy. Time to make Democracy for the adults.

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PAUL MARSHALL's avatar

Hi Zia, will all your MP's come to an agreement privately on basic policy - so members dont contradict each other publicly like the burka ban etc. It seems they could pick 50 points like stamp duty, basic tax threshold, vat on school fees and just spend a few mins round the kitchen table and get some kind of broad agreement on view. It does not inspire confidence for the party to run the country if they cant start at basics.

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Rebecca's avatar

Social media distorts what people are saying it and which people are saying it (look at the twitter mob). How is Reform going to make sure that they are connected with people on the ground rather than listening to those who post the loudest?

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Marko Arčabić's avatar

Can Zia answer: blasphemy laws, yes or no.

And why.

Would he support hard line approach to any islamist movements in the uk? How and why?

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TheBlues's avatar

Zia, without trying to attract, do you think there is a constituency amongst south Asians that are attracted to your politics?... and are they growing?

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Derek Holder's avatar

I'm a large donor to Reform and had the pleasure of meeting Zia at one of the functions. Many Muslim countries have gone "hard" against Islamists and banned certain groups and practices, will Reform?

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Kathryn's avatar

I'm a Reform member who I struggling to forgive the extreme actions taken against Rupert Lowe. Do you think you owe him an apology for going to the police?

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Kelley Frances's avatar

Will you reach out to Elon for intelligence gathering on the do's and don'ts of heading your own DOGE or has his recent posts on X against Trump made him too untrustworthy even though you have openly admired his entrepreneurial approach to leadership that has played a huge part in exposing government waste. Seems there are many pros and cons to consider in your own approach to this very important challenge.

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Brenton's avatar

Mr Yusuf, how does your Dept for Government Efficiency differ from DOGE, and how do you avoid the types of errors we saw with DOGE? Thank you.

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Pedantic Lady's avatar

Will your role in doge enable you to check out the effectiveness, and value for money of policing by Police Commissioners, and 'guidance' issued by the College of Policing for example, DEI, recruitment, two tier operations?

Are they effective? Are they needed? Can/should they and their 'guidance' be abolished forthwith?

Asking for a friend.

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Unwokist's avatar

Reform UK have a chance of either forming, or being a part of, the next government in 4 years time. How can the party avoid shooting itself in the foot by making political mistakes, particularly given a hostile media which will emphasise every supposed problem, in the time between now and then?

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S TURL's avatar

Hi Zia, Big fan yet cautious reform voter here.

Very much unlike yourself, It seems to me that many of Reforms NEWER MPs, don't necessarily have nuanced, thought out opinions and conclusions, but more so... randomly blurt things out that they THINK a caricature of a Reform MP would say.

given you are such a new party, what can you do to make sure everyone is singing from the same Hymn Sheet, and knows why those are the songs they are singing?

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S TURL's avatar

The Islamification of Britain seems to be a concern held by many, with concerns around both established communities, and newcomers, being increasingly fundamentalist, isolatory, and often antogonistic to this country, it's laws, customs, and values and the idea of integration.

As a man who is a follower of Islam, but very clearly, a very integrated British Patriot, what has gone wrong here?

Is it purely a rate and scale of immigration issue, or is it to do with changes, and variations within Islam and the Islamic world itself, is it about class?...or something else?

And, what is the plan to stem this trend which causes great unease within the British public?

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