Zia Yusuf vows to 'hold Keir Starmer responsible' if Nigel Farage is attacked as he tears into 'vilifying demonisation' of Reform leader

During his speech on Tuesday, Sir Keir claimed Mr Farage has had nothing "positive" to say about the UK as he "doesn’t like Britain and doesn’t believe in Britain".

The Prime Minister said: "When was the last time that you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain’s future? He can’t, he doesn’t like Britain and doesn’t believe in Britain."

Launching his tirade on the Prime Minister, Mr Yusuf told GB News: "What we've seen now over the last 48 hours is a Prime Minister circling the drain, who is lashing out in desperation. We're seeing things that I've not seen in my lifetime in politics.

"It's quite extraordinary. He is literally the most unpopular Prime Minister in history according to a poll this week, and the majority of his own members want him to be replaced.

He stated: "And he's responded by embarking on the most unprecedented coordinated campaign of vilification and demonisation of the man whom he knows he cannot beat at the ballot box, Nigel Farage, and frankly, he has embarked on a campaign to incite violence against him."

Highlighting that Sir Keir is "not the only one" who has called the Reform leader "racist", Mr Yusuf explained: "It's not just Keir Starmer who's used that word racist, it's not just one errant comment.

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"It was 11 cabinet ministers on pretty much the same day who called him racist. The Deputy Prime Minister of this country said that he flirted with the Hitler Youth, i.e. Nazism. We had the Home Secretary say that he was worse than racist."

Defending the Reform leader, Mr Yusuf told GB News that "no one has had more abuse" than Mr Farage and revealed that he has "had his security decimated" by the authorities.

He fumed: "Whether you agree with Nigel or not, I think it's an objective fact that no one has taken more abuse in the political realm in this country than him for decades now, and he has just taken it and he's basically smiled through it. And I felt like I had to share this information today, because the authorities reduced his security by 75 per cent.

"A couple of weeks ago Charlie Kirk was assassinated, the most high-profile political assassination in recent memory, but it's not an American thing.

"We've had MPs in this country, tragically, brutally murdered, and I see the threats against Nigel. I've seen people try to attack him.

"This is a Prime Minister who's not some freewheeling orator, this is someone who chooses his words very carefully."

Declaring that he will hold Sir Keir "responsible" if Mr Farage's safety is compromised, Mr Yusuf stated: "Nigel's a very close friend, someone I've worked with every single day now for a sustained period of time. I have seen, personally, the threats against him.

"Just this morning, David Bull has put a screenshot out of someone on X saying that a sniper rifle could stop Nigel.

"I've seen so many social media posts, on TikTok and X calling for the explicit assassination of my friend and colleague, Nigel.

"So the Prime Minister doing this with his Cabinet is unprecedented in this country, and I want to be clear too, if something were to happen to Nigel, heaven forbid, god forbid, we will hold the Prime Minister responsible for that."

Taking aim at Sir Keir further, he concluded: "The coordinated campaign, within 48 hours, pretty much all on the same day, against Nigel, using Hitler, bringing Hitler into this, calling him a Nazi sympathiser, fascist, racist enemy, calling on his supporters, to quote, go into battle against an enemy.

"This is something I have not seen, and people watching this programme can make their own conclusions.

"When was the last time you saw such a coordinated campaign, and that coming a matter of weeks after his security detail was decimated by the authorities?

"I do want to be clear for people watching this, who support Nigel, or even if you don't support Nigel, but you believe in sensible democracy, right thinking people, thankfully, donors have stepped in.

"Donors have stepped in, and we've shored up his security so Nigel is well protected and is safe."