Zia Yusuf wrapped up his long speech at the start of his press conference (a long complaint about what he described as the demonisation of Reform UK by the media and political opponents, with a renewed complaint about the government for allegedly downgrading Nigel Farage’s security) with a policy announcement.
He said:
If Reform win the next general election as home secretary, I will ensure that all members of parliament of all parties are provided with round-the-clock protection.
We will also allocate significant new resources to protect former politicians still active in public life.
Yusuf is now taking questions. The first was from GB News, who asked if Yusuf thought the police were biased against the police. Yusuf said he had no evidence to support that.
