Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Zia Yusuf
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Zia Yusuf
Reform UK triumphed in May’s local elections, winning many more council seats up for grabs than the other major parties. Behind the scenes, the party has gone through major changes. Millionaire businessman and donor Zia Yusuf was appointed chairman last summer, and has been credited with professionalising the party. The son of Sri Lankan immigrants, he made his money co-founding a luxury concierge business, before moving into politics; and all before the age of 40.
But where do his ambitions lie beyond being chairman? And where does the future of the party lie beyond the central figure of Nigel Farage?
In this episode of Profile, Stephen Smith explores the life, career and journey of the man some say is responsible for Reform UK’s growing success.
Presenter: Stephen Smith
Producers: Lucy Pawle and Nik Sindle
Researcher: Gabriel May
Editor: Max Deveson
Sound: Gareth Jones
Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele
Archive:
‘Communication Problems’ - Fawlty Towers
BBC / writers: John Cleese and Connie Booth
View all episodes
By BBC Radio 4
4.1
9797 ratings
Reform UK triumphed in May’s local elections, winning many more council seats up for grabs than the other major parties. Behind the scenes, the party has gone through major changes. Millionaire businessman and donor Zia Yusuf was appointed chairman last summer, and has been credited with professionalising the party. The son of Sri Lankan immigrants, he made his money co-founding a luxury concierge business, before moving into politics; and all before the age of 40.
But where do his ambitions lie beyond being chairman? And where does the future of the party lie beyond the central figure of Nigel Farage?
In this episode of Profile, Stephen Smith explores the life, career and journey of the man some say is responsible for Reform UK’s growing success.
Presenter: Stephen Smith
Producers: Lucy Pawle and Nik Sindle
Researcher: Gabriel May
Editor: Max Deveson
Sound: Gareth Jones
Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele
Archive:
‘Communication Problems’ - Fawlty Towers
BBC / writers: John Cleese and Connie Booth
More shows like Profile
View all
In Our Time
5,399 Listeners
From Our Own Correspondent
376 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,837 Listeners
F1: Chequered Flag
786 Listeners
Start the Week
161 Listeners
Global News Podcast
7,783 Listeners
Great Lives
502 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,820 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,062 Listeners
The Week in Westminster
28 Listeners
More or Less: Behind the Stats
890 Listeners
A Point of View
74 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
1,918 Listeners
Newshour
1,077 Listeners
Last Word
45 Listeners
Moral Maze
61 Listeners
Private Passions
40 Listeners
The Briefing Room
74 Listeners
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
105 Listeners
Newscast
665 Listeners
Americast
741 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
2,962 Listeners
This Cultural Life
102 Listeners
The News Agents
972 Listeners
Radical with Amol Rajan
32 Listeners