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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 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 after his (10[1])resignation speech was found on a photocopier. This successor of the Brexit Party currently (10[1])leads polling over Keir Starmer’s incumbent (10[1])Labour Party. 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jas WangAlbanian Rift in the SkyBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo4615
Sumukh MurthyLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family6210
Luke HoutzTaman's Nepo BabiesWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience7610
Jonas LarsonMidnight Bus to VistaAlways Set the Kurve8210
Nikola WuHeauton Timorumenoswhatever10010

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