There is a lot of debate going on in UK about this topic.
What is the Story:
Parliament's newest MP, who recently won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, urged the prime minister to "ban the burqa" in the interests of public safety. She asked Keir Starmer in parliament on Wednesday: “Given the prime minister’s desire to strengthen strategic alignment with our European neighbours, will he in the interests of public safety follow the lead of France, Denmark, Belgium and others and ban the burqa?”
Reform UKs position
Nigel Farage, the party leader, also weighed in later on GB News, saying: “I don’t think face coverings in public places make sense, and we deserve a debate about this.”
However, party’s chair, Zia Yusuf, saying it was a “dumb” question given that was not party policy. “Nothing to do with me. Had no idea about the question nor that it wasn’t policy. Busy with other stuff. I do think it’s dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn’t do,” he wrote.
MP Rupert Lowe backed a burqa ban, saying: “The burqa is a political symbol: it represents a deeply patriarchal and unpleasant worldview that has no place in our society. We must defend the freedom of girls and women born into a culture where that suffocation isn’t a choice, but a rule. Let’s ban the burqa.”
The idea was also endorsed by Nick Timothy, a Tory MP and former chief of staff to Theresa May, who said on X: “The burqa is as British as Jeddah and yes it should be banned.”
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Should Britain follow France, Belgium and other European countries and ban burqa for public safety or this is a pure racist call by the MP?
What is the Story:
Parliament's newest MP, who recently won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, urged the prime minister to "ban the burqa" in the interests of public safety. She asked Keir Starmer in parliament on Wednesday: “Given the prime minister’s desire to strengthen strategic alignment with our European neighbours, will he in the interests of public safety follow the lead of France, Denmark, Belgium and others and ban the burqa?”
Reform UKs position
Nigel Farage, the party leader, also weighed in later on GB News, saying: “I don’t think face coverings in public places make sense, and we deserve a debate about this.”
However, party’s chair, Zia Yusuf, saying it was a “dumb” question given that was not party policy. “Nothing to do with me. Had no idea about the question nor that it wasn’t policy. Busy with other stuff. I do think it’s dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn’t do,” he wrote.
MP Rupert Lowe backed a burqa ban, saying: “The burqa is a political symbol: it represents a deeply patriarchal and unpleasant worldview that has no place in our society. We must defend the freedom of girls and women born into a culture where that suffocation isn’t a choice, but a rule. Let’s ban the burqa.”
The idea was also endorsed by Nick Timothy, a Tory MP and former chief of staff to Theresa May, who said on X: “The burqa is as British as Jeddah and yes it should be banned.”

Reform UK row as party chair calls new MP’s burqa ban question ‘dumb’
Party says ban is not its policy after Sarah Pochin called on the prime minister to introduce one
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Should Britain follow France, Belgium and other European countries and ban burqa for public safety or this is a pure racist call by the MP?