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Row breaks out between Tories and Reform at Piddington news conference – UK politics live
UK NewsPolitics•November 13, 2026 at 1:22 PMNational

Row breaks out between Tories and Reform at Piddington news conference – UK politics live

By Taz Ali (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)•The Guardian - UK News

United front is short-lived as Zia Yusuf and Chris Philp bicker in front of residents and camerasTensions were clearly running high in Piddington, as Philp and Yusuf faced off in a heated exchange and made their feelings known, as evidenced in these pictures:A news conference in Piddington has descended into a shouting match between Reform’s Zia Yusuf and the Conservative’s Chris Philp.Would you like to actually apologise for the things that you did in government to bring hundreds of thousands of people into this country illegally?Are you going to take the opportunity to apologise to the people of Piddington and to the country? Continue reading...

United front is short-lived as Zia Yusuf and Chris Philp bicker in front of residents and cameras

Tensions were clearly running high in Piddington, as Philp and Yusuf faced off in a heated exchange and made their feelings known, as evidenced in these pictures:

A news conference in Piddington has descended into a shouting match between Reform’s Zia Yusuf and the Conservative’s Chris Philp.

Would you like to actually apologise for the things that you did in government to bring hundreds of thousands of people into this country illegally?

Are you going to take the opportunity to apologise to the people of Piddington and to the country?

Continue reading...