Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson has faced criticism within party after post about Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee
Labour has accused Reform’s Zia Yusuf of “straightforward racism” after he suggested the party’s frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection was not British.
Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia and the leader of Camden council, has been tipped as an early favourite to contest the London seat for Labour after the former prime minister’s resignation.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/06/zia-yusuf-reform-uk-post-camden-council-leader-sagal-abdi-wali
Author : Josh Halliday
Publish date : 2026-09-06 10:02:00
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