Zia Yusuf mocked over another former Conservative MP joining Reform UK
Reform insists that the former Tory MP joined before the party's 'no more Tories' deadline
Zia Yusuf has been mocked over another former Tory MP joining Reform UK’s ranks.
Jane Stevenson, the former Conservative MP for Wolverhampton North East, announced that she was joining Reform yesterday.
In an X post on 17 January, Yusuf declared a “Huge announcement from Reform”
He said: “After May 7th 2026, Reform will accept NO MORE Tories.
“That means MPs. It means former MPs. It means councillors. Tick tock.”
This prompted the Labour Press account on X to post: “Zia, they’re ignoring you.”
Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty also wrote: “Sad to see @ZiaYusufUK so publicly undermined like this.”
Despite the four-month delay in Stevenson announcing her defection, Yusuf dismissed the claim, saying that she joined the party before the 7 May cutoff.
Yusuf wrote: “Wrong. She joined *before* the May 7th deadline. As she has already said on here.
“Literally the government’s press team and you can’t even get basic facts right.”
One X user questioned the delay in Stevenson announcing her defection, stating: “Jane Stevenson says she joined Reform before the May 7th cut-off. So why wait FOUR MONTHS to announce it?”.
Responding to a post by GB News presenter Christopher Hope, Stevenson said: “Chris, after a break from party politics, I quietly joined online before the deadline. Didn’t know if I’d get involved, but decided to go to Conference to see how I felt. My long Facebook post from yesterday says I joined months ago.”
Olivia Barber is a reporter at Left Foot Forward
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