Zia Yusuf’s snarky warning that Reform would sack civil servants for working from home to save fuel wasn’t exactly a vote-winner – 17 savage clapbacks
Of all the parties, Reform UK seems to be electioneering the hardest.
They’ve been staging stunts such as selling cheap petrol or running a lottery to award one street’s residents the value of a year’s worth of electricity –
Absolutely stellar that Reform want a lot more war in the Middle East whilst promising cheaper petrol. How do they dress themselves. pic.twitter.com/REZCXpjQyB
— Brendan May (@bmay) March 10, 2026
There’s been a raft of candidates; some problematic –
Reform UK’s candidate Anas Huggan is actually Anas El-Hamri.
This isn’t the first time he’s deleted a Twitter account. He had one under his previous name that he swiftly deleted when we exposed him as a Britain First supporter.
Great vetting again @reformparty_uk.… pic.twitter.com/mFK1QeUK4B
— Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) March 30, 2026
Speakers, mostly Farage, have been drip-feeding their policies at a series of highly publicised rallies, not always to a receptive audience.
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage is repeatedly heckled at the launch of Reform UK's London local election campaign pic.twitter.com/QCshvLKvU0
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) March 28, 2026
Self-described Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf (who is neither an MP nor a member of the second-largest party in the Commons) made clear Reform’s short-sighted policy on working from home.
Civil servants are demanding to not have to go into the office because of fuel prices.
If they try these stunts under a Reform government they can spend all the time they want at home.
Unpaid.
Forever. pic.twitter.com/lw9iTAp2rW
— Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) March 30, 2026
We’re not sure his finger is on the pulse of public opinion on this one.
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Very rich man shows that he doesn’t understand how a cost of living crisis affects people on average wages… https://t.co/hBCsKW3E1C
— Hal Cruttenden (@Halcruttenden) March 30, 2026
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— #FBPE (@AlanGallacher9) March 30, 2026
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If you actually work for a living, Reform uk fucking hate you https://t.co/DOvTWketKj
— NJ (@NoJusticeMTG) March 31, 2026
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People asking not to burn half their wage on commuting isn’t a stunt it’s basic maths. Try it sometime.
— Salman (@Sallo_UK) March 30, 2026
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You politicians are on over £93,000 a year plus expenses – and here you are lecturing ordinary workers who are struggling to pay increased fuel prices at petrol pumps
You are so out of touch with reality
Reform UK is not a party that will look after ordinary people
— Socialist Voice (@SocialistVoice) March 31, 2026
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With this attitude towards people responsible for a functioning state do we reckon they'd even make it to 6 months before plunging the country into even further chaos and giving Starmer and Liz Truss a run for their money in the unpopularity contest? https://t.co/5We5QTY2Wb
— any other leader would be 20 points ahead (@anyotherleader1) March 31, 2026
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F*ck off you unelected, arrogant little twerp. https://t.co/PjXSM5GAkv
— Yorkshire girl (@helloKi30596224) March 31, 2026
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The government should be doing all it can to encourage as much working from home as possible because of the likely diesel shortages that are coming (just look at what is happening in Asia currently to see where we will be in a few months) which so much still relies on https://t.co/zOchiAqXBR
— pickwick (@pickwickpick) March 31, 2026
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This is why you aren't in goverment. Random hatred for working from home. You are not trying to improve lives. You wanted to join the war and then now that prices have gone up don't want to give a solution for works on 30k a year https://t.co/a9QYScfhnV
— CFC Batman (@CfcBatman1) March 31, 2026