Nadhim Zahawi berates journalist during first Reform press conference | News

Nadhim Zahawi has berated a journalist for asking what he described as a “stupid question” at his first Reform UK press conference since leaving the Conservative Party.

The Telegraph’s Deputy Political Editor Tony Diver questioned the former chancellor why he chose to attend a party whose platform was formed by a vaccine-skeptic cardiologist who claimed Covid vaccines could have caused the King and Princess of Wales’ cancer. at his conference.

Mr Zahawi, who led the government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout in 2020, said he asked Mr Diver a “really stupid question” and expected better from him.