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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 (15[1])statements in exchange for bribes. This party’s 2024 manifesto proposed leaving the ECHR to speed up deportations. (15[1])Hours before he defected to this party, Robert Jenrick was sacked by Kemi (*) Badenoch (-5[1])after his resignation speech was found on a photocopier. This successor of the Brexit Party currently leads polling over Keir Starmer’s incumbent (-5[1])Labour Party. For 10 points, (-5[1])Nigel Farage leads what up and coming right (-5[1])wing British Political Party? (0[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Reform UK [prompt on Brexit Party until mention by asking “what is it called now?”]
<Current Events, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 09
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Kavineesh SenthilrajInnovation BJohns Creek2915
Carson TidwellExhibitionNorthview A4615
Devrishi JayaramChattahoochee BLambert B60-5
Adhrit YadavLambert ANorthview B82-5
Arnav JasaparaChattahoochee AMidtown87-5
Krish NathanHooverInnovation A95-5
Shaun IyerInnovation AHoover990
Connor WilcoxMidtownChattahoochee A10010
Matthew ChungNorthview BLambert A1000
Vivaan KohliLambert BChattahoochee B1000

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓650%33%67%58.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%83.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓475%25%25%57.67
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%20%0%73.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%100%0%5.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%100%0%8.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓2100%0%50%77.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓560%0%40%76.67
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%63%25%45.38