Victoria Derbyshire holding Zia Yusuf’s feet to the fire over Reform’s plan to scrap the Equality Act gives the people just what they want

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Positive Action is a big part of the Equality Act? 35 years as a specialist employment lawyer and my best guess is I’ve encountered employment disputes concerning positive action maybe once? Twice?

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— Sean Jones KC (@seanjones.org) February 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM

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And of course Reform UK doesn’t really give a shiny shit about white working class boys unless they’re throwing bricks at hotels or hanging flags from lampposts…

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— childwallred.bsky.social (@childwallred.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM

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What an absolute gibbering moron of a man. How can someone this useless, out of touch and uninformed presume to think he has anything to offer the country as a party of government? You wouldn’t trust him with the tombola stall at a parish council fundraiser.

— Gill West (@gillwest.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM

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Vic not asking him the questions he wants to answer. Shameful. 🤨

— John Carus (@john-c.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM

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I’m a white working class man and I see so many people that need help as well as me but in a lot of instances their need is greater

— goodolecopes.bsky.social (@goodolecopes.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM

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He hasn’t read the Equality Act. It’s just another dog whistle to appease the snarling, swivel-eyed loons. And his obsession with white working class youths?? I’m waiting for the Reform campaign ‘Tomorrow belongs to them.’

— Ger D (@rardeenus.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 7:12 AM

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The underlying truth is that Reform are simply coming up with fag packet ideas to appeal to their mouth-breathing supporters. As soon as they are scrutinised, everything falls apart.

— Andy Scripture (@andyscripture.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 6:46 AM

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Zia Yusuf is talking utter bollox – I Victoria Derbyshire is brilliant.
He says "the devil is in the detail" but he wont answer Victoria's detailed questions.

— Wren 💙 (@wrenkh.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM

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That was an effective + focused interview by Victoria Derbyshire. Asking the core questions has got Reform to make in real time commitments [on TV at least] that they had not previously made

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— Sunder Katwala (sundersays) (@sundersays.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM

We dread to think of what other policies they’re dreaming up.

Fuck me, it will be a government based online scare stories

Whens the Chemitrails act coming in mate?

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— Rich (@pibasedlifeform.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 7:22 AM

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Daisy Cooper’s A++ takedown of Zia Yusuf on Question Time was a classic one-two sucker punch and had everyone applauding

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