Would you accept a Muslim PM?

Let’s cut straight to the chase. Former Reform Chairman and newly anointed Reform DOGE supremo Zia Yusuf has said that he is next in line to stand for a “winnable” Westminster seat.

Were that to be so, and if Reform was to win the next General Election, he, rather than Nigel Farage, could become Prime Minister - is that what Reform voters want? Would they welcome delivering the first Muslim PM?

Some may think that his faith doesn’t really matter and it would be “racist” to think otherwise. I would put it differently by asking him three crunch questions;

1. Would he endorse the deportation of all muslims in the UK who came here illegally?

2. Would he actively pursue the banning of the Burqa?

3. Would he unambiguously support a ban on Halal slaughter?

I think those are fair questions that he should be asked so we all know where he stands. We recall that he said it was “dumb” of fellow Reformer Sarah Pochin MP to call for a ban on the burqa. He has subsequently claimed that if he became a Reform MP he would “probably” vote to ban the burqa. Probably.

At the 2029 UK General Election, Farage will be 65. That would make him co-equal oldest person to become PM. By contrast Zia Yusuf will be 44. Do the maths.

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