Reform snowflake Zia Yusuf demands safe space from ITV’s racism hunters
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Key context: <p>How can it be right that undercover reporters failed to ask permission to expose party’s racist and misogynist views? </p><p>The world has gone mad. What has happened to the country when you can’t even have a bit of racist and sexist banter with your mates at work? Time was when up to 20 million viewers would settle down to watch Till Death Us Do Part, for 30 minutes of laughter with Alf Garnett moaning about black people while calling his wife “a silly old moo”. That was a Britain that was worth living in. These days the thought police are everywhere. The wokerati from London, Oxford and Cambridge who are out to ruin everyone’s lives. What’s wrong with letting sleeping racists lie?</p><p>Well, Zia Yusuf has had enough and he’s not going to take it any more. After the ITV exposé <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/17/reform-candidate-filmed-saying-asylum-seekers-should-be-put-in-concentration-camps">which revealed racist remarks</a> by members of the party, he has posted a six-and-a-half-minute video on social media promising extreme retribution against the undercover journalists who posed as Reform-friendly.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/22/itv-undercover-journalists-reform-uk-zia-yusuf">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
How can it be right that undercover reporters failed to ask permission to expose party’s racist and misogynist views? The world has gone mad. What has happened to the country when you can’t even have a bit of racist and sexist banter with your mates at work? Time was when up to 20 million viewers would settle down to watch Till Death Us Do Part, for 30 minutes of laughter with Alf Garnett moaning about black people while calling his wife “a silly old moo”. That was a Britain that was worth living in. These days the thought police are everywhere. The wokerati from London, Oxford and Cambridge who are out to ruin everyone’s lives. What’s wrong with letting sleeping racists lie?Well, Zia Yusuf has had enough and he’s not going to take it any more. After the ITV exposé which revealed racist remarks by members of the party, he has posted a six-and-a-half-minute video on social media promising extreme retribution against the undercover journalists who posed as Reform-friendly. Continue reading...
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