The resignation of Zia Yusuf as Reform UK's chairman matters because he was a central character in the stand out trend in British politics since the general election – the rise and rise Nigel Farage's party.

Zia Yusuf resigned as chairman of Reform UK after 11 months in the job, delivering a blow to its leader, Nigel Farage, who has promised to build and professionalize the insurgent party in a quest for power at the next general election.

Zia Yousuf, the chairman of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, resigned on Thursday. Reform, led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, won five parliamentary seats in a breakthrough result at last July's national election,