Nigel Farage has said he has forgiven Zia Yusuf for his decision to quit as Reform UK chairman, but admitted the party was "plunged" into a "difficult place" by the incident.Businessman Mr Yusuf returned to the party over the weekend, just 48 hours after he quit his position, saying he had made an "error".Speaking in Port Talbot on Monday, Mr Farage said: "Let's be clear, I think Zia's done a great job."Under enormous pressure, and by the way, a level of abuse - racist abuse online - unlike I th

Nigel Farage has said he has forgiven Zia Yusuf for his decision to quit as Reform UK chairman, but admitted the party was "plunged" into a "difficult place" by the incident.Businessman Mr Yusuf returned to the party over the weekend, just 48 hours after he quit his position, saying he had made an "error".Speaking in Port Talbot on Monday, Mr Farage said: "Let's be clear, I think Zia's done a great job."Under enormous pressure, and by the way, a level of abuse - racist abuse online - unlike I think anybody in modern politics has ever had to put up with."He made a mistake, he got it wrong. It plunged us for a few hours into a difficult place."He expressed his regret to me, I forgave him. I did say 'don't do it again', but I forgave him."