Nigel Farage knows more than most about surviving near-death experiences.

The Reform UK leader was campaigning for one of his previous parties, Ukip , on the day of the 2010 election when the light aircraft he was travelling in plunged to the ground .

Miraculously, he walked away from the wreckage and, after several more failed attempts, was finally elected to Westminster last July.

In similar fashion, those who believe that Zia Yusuf’s dramatic resignation as Reform’s chairman on Thursday night will inevitably lead to the party’s implosion are very likely to be disappointed.

That is certainly not how the development is being viewed in 10 Downing Street.

One senior ally of Keir Starmer told HuffPost UK: “Their success is because of how pissed off people are with the state of

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