Reform infighting as chairman appears to call MP’s burqa ban question ‘dumb’

(ITV) Reform UK is being rocked by more infighting after the chairman said MP Sarah Pochin’s first question at PMQs was “dumb” because it did not align with party policy.

Parliament’s newest MP, who recently won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, urged the prime minister to “ban the burqa” in the interests of public safety.

But the party has since made clear to other news outlets that there is no policy to ban the Islamic head covering, despite fellow MP Lee Anderson backing Pochin on social media.

Anderson retweeted Pochin’s post, writing: “Ban the burqa? Yes we should. No one should be allowed to hide their identity in public.”

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