Overview

• Reform UK efficiency chief Zia Yusuf was one of 91 accounts that liked an anti-Semitic tweet calling Robert Jenrick a 'traitorous Zogbot' and using racist language about his family.
• Yusuf apologized on X, blaming an accidental staff like and promising a review of his social media processes.
• Jenrick accused Yusuf of lying, dismissed the explanation as 'bull----', and urged Nigel Farage’s party to remove him from his leadership role.
• Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch voiced support for Jenrick’s criticism, and MP Jack Rankin said Yusuf’s 'mask has slipped' and he must be sacked.
• The Board of Deputies of British Jews called the incident 'very concerning' and pledged to monitor reforms to political social media oversight.