BBC Question Time Audience Member Brands Reform 'The Comedy Club' As Zia Yusuf Awkwardly Looks On

Former Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf was left squirming after an audience member on Question Time branded his party “the comedy club”.

The man’s remark was greeted with applause on the BBC1 programme on Thursday night.

Yusuf, who is now in charge of Reform’s so-called “DOGE unit” aimed at cutting out public sector waste, was left looking on awkwardly as the man made his remarks.

“It’s not whether Reform will end up in the comedy club – they are the comedy club,” the man said.

Addressing Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, he went on: “You said that Labour got in because people wanted change. They didn’t. Labour got in because they wanted Labour in charge.

“And why did they want Labour in charge? Because of what you stand for. I think you need to change the narrative. You took over from the Tories, who destroyed this country in 14 years, and you’ve given [Reform UK] a window to spout the stuff they do.

″[Yusuf] is now the DOGE lead, like Elon Musk and Trump. It’s a matter of time before him and Nigel Farage are going to fall out. What you need to do is change the narrative.”