Round 9: Tossup 8

This party’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, resigned and then un-resigned (15[2])amidst debates over a Burqa ban. (15[1])In 2025, a member of this party named Nathan Gill pleaded guilty to making pro-Russia statements in exchange (15[1])for bribes. This party’s 2024 manifesto proposed leaving the ECHR (15[1])to speed up deportations. (-5[1])Hours before he defected to this party, Robert Jenrick was sacked by Kemi (*) Badenoch after (-5[1])his resignation speech was found on a photocopier. This successor of the Brexit Party (10[1])currently leads polling over Keir Starmer’s incumbent Labour Party. (10[1])For 10 points, Nigel Farage leads what up and coming right wing British Political Party? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Reform UK [prompt on Brexit Party until mention by asking “what is it called now?”]
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