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Reform UK president Zia Yusuf has reversed his determination to discontinue the party, saying "the ngo is excessively important" and that helium "cannot fto radical down".
Instead, helium said helium volition instrumentality successful a caller role, heading up an Elon Musk-inspired "UK DOGE team".
In a connection connected X, helium said: "Over the past 24 hours I person received a immense fig of beauteous and heartfelt messages from radical who person expressed their dismay astatine my resignation, urging maine to reconsider."
He added: "I cognize the ngo is excessively important and I cannot fto radical down.
"So, I volition beryllium continuing my enactment with Reform, my committedness redoubled."
Mr Yusuf said helium would beryllium returning successful a caller role, seemingly focusing connected cuts and ratio wrong government.
He claimed helium would "fight for taxpayers."
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Only 2 days prior, Mr Yusuf dramatically handed successful his resignation.
He claimed helium nary longer thought getting a Reform authorities elected was a "good usage of my time," but has present seemingly changed his mind.
Reform UK person Nigel Farage welcomed the quality of Mr Yusuf's return.
He said: "I americium delighted that Zia Yusuf volition caput up Reform UK's DOGE department."
Mr Yusuf's determination came aft helium publically distanced himself from the party's caller MP, Sarah Pochin, erstwhile she asked Sir Keir Starmer astir a burka prohibition astatine Prime Minister's Questions.
Reform said the prohibition wasn't enactment argumentation - and the president called it a "dumb" happening to inquire successful a station connected X.
What is DOGE?
DOGE is simply a meme-coin inspired instauration of Musk's, lasting for the Department of Government Efficiency.
It is the latest right-wing US import into British politics.
Before his nationalist fallout with Donald Trump, Musk claimed his absorption was redeeming taxpayers' wealth by locating wasteful spending wrong authorities and cutting it.
However, absorption politicians questioned the interaction of his efforts and however overmuch helium really saved.
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