To BBC Question Time, where new leader of the Greens Zack Polanski spent much of the evening sparring with Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf. The lefty leader accused the Reform figure of being a ‘far-right, fascist’ that was obsessed with immigration while Yusuf accused Polanski of wanting a ‘communist economic system’ in a Britain where ‘it is legal to sell heroin, but not to rent your flat out’. Shots fired!
But while Polanski was pulling no punches with his attacks on Nigel Farage’s insurgent group, the Green leader was a little less tolerant when Yusuf decided to bring up his past, er, antics. Reform’s head of policy hit out at the eco-socialist who was once caught in a newspaper sting during his stint as a hynpotherapist who claimed he was able to boost women’s cup sizes via the mind. Yusuf tol