Nigel Farage has confirmed Dr David Bull is the new chairman of Reform UK, replacing Zia Yusuf.
Dr Bull, who served as deputy leader from 2021 to 2023, will take the reins from Yusuf, who will take a new role as the head of Doge UK.
Farage said Bull’s job was to provide “leadership to a volunteer army” saying he came into the role with “terrific verve, energy, enthusiasm”, adding: “It’s going to be great fun.”
Yusuf said that he is “hugely excited” that Bull was taking the role, adding: “I wholeheartedly congratulate him and I know he’s going to do an incredible job for us.”
Dr Bull served as deputy leader from 2021 to 2023
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Addressing the crowd in London, Bull said: “We are going to fight and we are going to win the next general election.”
He said he was “deeply honoured” to be invited to serve as chairman.
To assume the position, Bull has stepped down from his position as a weekend breakfast presenter on TalkTV.
He described Reform’s volunteers as “the lifeblood of this party” and expressed that he would leverage his role to “show some love to all those people”.
Nigel Farage has confirmed Dr David Bull is the new chairman of Reform UK
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Bull commended Yusuf, noting that he “has done an extraordinary job” and “professionalised the party beyond belief”.
In 2006, Bull was picked as the candidate for the Conservative Party in Brighton Pavilion in 2010.
However, he withdrew his candidacy in June 2009 and was replaced by Charlotte Vere, who lost the seat to future Green Party leader Caroline Lucas.
After the EU referendum in 2016, he joined Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party in 2019 and became an MEP for the North West of England.
Dr Bull will take the reins from Yusuf, who will take a new role as the head of Doge UK
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The appointment comes as Chancellor Rachel Reeves took a swipe at Reform UK, accusing them of allying with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reeves said: “While Labour is investing in our NHS, Nigel Farage and Reform want to privatise our NHS.
“And while Labour is investing in security for our nation and for our allies, Nigel Farage and Reform are not on the side of the heroic people of Ukraine, they are on Russia’s side instead
“That is Reform. Tough on workers, tough on patients but soft on Putin.”