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Earlier today Zia Yusuf , Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, gave a speech and held a press conference about protecting politicians from violence. There have been some claims that Reform UK are only, or mainly, talking up this issue as a means of trying to justify Nigel Farage’s decision to take an undeclared gift of £5m from Christopher Harbone (which he says will pay for his security). The murder of Ann Widdecombe has probably shut down that line of criticism for good. Yusuf was talking about a genuine, very serious problem, and he spoke with sincerity about how, when he was party chair, he worried about the safety of activists, like those “chased down the street with an axe”.