Zia Yusuf, the former Reform UK party chairman, has been embroiled in controversy for allegedly liking an antisemitic post on 18th July, 2025. The post contained offensive language, calling Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick a "traitorous Zogbot" with a Jewish wife and family.
Zia Yusuf claimed the like was accidental, made by a team member managing his X account, and issued an apology, stating the post was also racist against him and not intentional.
However, Robert Jenrick dismissed the apology as "bullshit," with Jenrick demanding Yusuf’s removal from Reform UK.
Zia Yusuf posted to X:
One of the team who post to my X account accidentally pressed like on an awful antisemitic tweet earlier today.
I apologise for this.
The post also refers to “brown savages”, and is equally racist against me. Clearly it was not intentional.
The amount of antisemitism and racism on this platform is spiralling out of control, and I hope that changes soon.
Robert Jenrick commented on Zia Yusuf's post:
I call bullshit.
You’ve spent the last 48 hours calling me a ‘traitor’ for not drawing attention to a leaked spreadsheet with our special forces and MI6 officers’ names on.
But we’re meant to believe this tweet attacking me as a traitor for having a Jewish wife & family was liked ‘accidentally’ by ‘one of the team.’ You must think we’re all thick.
No. The mask has slipped. Likes are private. You thought nobody would ever know. Unfortunately for you, the racist account who posted the tweet and could see the likes exposed you.
Reform should give you the boot.
https://twitter.com/ZiaYusufUK/status/1946184590089228630
https://twitter.com/RobertJenrick/status/1946203405464056168
