Farage reshuffles Reform’s top team

It’s been a busy week for Nigel Farage. After six days of being bombarded with parties, press requests and parliamentary rigmarole, he was this morning sworn in as the Honourable Member for Clacton. Such is the level of attention foisted on the Reform UK leader that even House of Commons staff have reportedly now been told to stop requesting selfies with him. With so much focus on Farage, the inevitable question is: what comes next?

This morning, we got our answer. Reform UK has rejigged its top team, in the wake of the election of five MPs last Friday. Farage, unsurprisingly, retains his spot as leader, with Lee Anderson now billed as the party’s ‘chief whip.’ Entrepreneur Zia Yusuf – who impressed with his speech at last month’s ‘Rally for Reform’ in Birmingham – is named chairman. He takes over from Richard Tice, who is now billed as Deputy Leader, replacing Ben Habib, who has not taken the news well.