Round 9: Tossup 8
This party’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, resigned and then un-resigned amidst debates over a Burqa ban. In 2025, a member of this party named Nathan Gill pleaded guilty to making pro-Russia statements in exchange for bribes. This party’s 2024 manifesto proposed leaving the ECHR to speed up deportations. Hours before he defected to this party, Robert Jenrick was sacked by Kemi (*) Badenoch after his resignation speech was found on a photocopier. This successor of the Brexit Party currently leads polling over Keir Starmer’s incumbent Labour Party. For 10 points, Nigel Farage leads what up and coming right wing British Political Party? ■END■
ANSWER: Reform UK [prompt on Brexit Party until mention by asking “what is it called now?”]
<Current Events, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 09
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Heald | Manchester A | Manchester B | 4 | 15 |
| Ben Richards | Sheffield A | Sheffield B | 4 | 15 |
| Pen Hughes | Edinburgh | Chimera | 8 | 15 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 50% | 33% | 67% | 58.33 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 83.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 57.67 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 73.20 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 5.33 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 8.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 77.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 60% | 0% | 40% | 76.67 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 63% | 25% | 45.38 |