Reform UK's Momentum Stalled by Departures, By-Election Defeat
Nigel Farage's recent run of political success stalled after his insurgent Reform UK suffered a pair of high-profile departures and came third in a Scottish election that it had hoped might prove its broader appeal.
The right-wing party saw its chairman, Zia Yusuf, quit on Thursday, saying 'I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time.' He was followed by Nathaniel Fried, who had been appointed to run Reform's DOGE-style cost-cutting efforts in local councils just a week earlier.
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