Ex-Defence Secretary Fires Back After Zia Yusuf Dubs Former Tory MP 'A Traitor To Britain'

Ben Wallace claimed Reform is “getting desperate.”

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Ben Wallace has hit back at Zia Yusuf after the Reform home affairs spokesperson called the ex-defence secretary a “traitor to Britain”.

Their social media row began when Wallace, who stood down as a Conservative MP in 2024, criticised Reform UK’s plan to fix the shortage of prison spaces by sending foreign criminals abroad.

The right-wing party has proposed deporting those with non-custodial sentences to their country of origin if they ever get into government.

Those with custodial sentences would either be forced to go home or to a third country, like El Salvador.

But Wallace, a former........

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