Humza Yousaf set to become Scottish First Minister

I bet the Brits are having convulsions.

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If you asked the average Scotsman or Brit 100 years ago, who the future leaders of their country would be, they would be surprised to hear Rishi Sunak and Hamza Yousaf.

r3 I know its DL and everything comes back to the trans. But I'd say the supreme courts ruling taking the one power the SNP has over the rest of the UK away is the main reason she's gone. In one year the SNP have lost the only obvious peaceful way to an independent Scotland, and the UK government overruled the Scottish Parliament and they have no available response. The SNP were essentially defanged and she chose to cut and run.

Raised by Pakistani parents. I don't know, he may be all right. But I'd want somebody of that background in power over a western state just a little more than I'd want a first generation Afghani.

So for all the fussing that people from the UK do about "immigrants" and the brown people, how is it that these two guys have become the most powerful politicians in the UK?

[quote] Scotland's devolved lawmakers

That’s rude! They don’t look like cavemen to me!

He looks like hell.

[quote] how is it that these two guys have become the most powerful politicians in the UK?

People have been politically bludgeoned into silence. Dissent, criticize and be condemned!

Gandhi and Jinnah must be falling over each other laughing hysterically from the Next World.

A Pakistani with a Weegie accent. Shazam!!

Holy shit, he's only 37?!

I demand to see his birth certificate!

These days the UK proactively seeks out ways to prove it’s worse off than the US. I thank them for that.

[quote]how is it that these two guys have become the most powerful politicians in the UK?

Add to that the Irish PM of Indian origin.

[QUOTE]the first leader of a national UK party from a minority ethnic background

That’s of you ignore (1) Rishi Sunak being leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister, and (2) that the SNP isn’t a national UK party, it has no presence in the nation outside Scotland.

I am surprised these Celtic countries like Ireland or Scotland would elect a muslim or someone not of Scottish or Irish heritage. Does Scotland have a big muslim/minority community?

So Scotland will be run by a Pakistani and Britain by an Indian. That's 🤣

When did Scotland get so fucking woke?

He’s a hyper woke trans supporting militant, even worse than sturgeon.

SNP are heading towards electoral suicide.

[quote] Still can't believe that it was the trans bill that brought down Sturgeon. Such an unceremonious end for someone who once seemed destined to become the first PM of the Scottish republic.

You’re not British are you?!?!

Sturgeon was a divisive and polarising figure who is up to her neck in corruption and sleaze and who failed in every single policy area, including independence.

[quote] [R3] I know its DL and everything comes back to the trans. But I'd say the supreme courts ruling taking the one power the SNP has over the rest of the UK away is the main reason she's gone. In one year the SNP have lost the only obvious peaceful way to an independent Scotland, and the UK government overruled the Scottish Parliament and they have no available response. The SNP were essentially defanged and she chose to cut and run.

No, it was the trans issue. She had never experienced ridicule up to the point she tried to argue the TWAW mantra over the man who raped 2 women and peoplle started laughing at her.

That and her husband being a crook and being investigated by the police.

Interview on why he is running to become First Minister.

Yousaf went to a private school, studied politics at university, became parliamentary assistant and then stood as an MSP.

He has never had a job outside of politics.

That he only got 52% of the vote despite having the entire party machine against him, standing against a woman who is opposed to gay marriage and abortion says an awful lot about how disliked he is. And 30% of party members didn't bother voting.

He already has negative poll ratings and the more people see of him the more they dislike him. He'll be gone by Christmas.

So a Paki and a Hindu will decide on the future of Scotland in the UK. Hmm.

[quote]That he only got 52% of the vote despite having the entire party machine against him,

That should have said "he only got 52% of the vote despite having the entire party machine FOR him".

And R23 don't use the P word thanks.

He’s a hand chosen puppet and will be out at the next general election.

Oh sorry r24

Naughty, naughty R23 used a No-No Word.

R23 needs to be smacked.

I saw someone on Reddit comment “Imagine if you’d told the public 50 years ago that an Indian and a Pakistani would be running England and Scotland.”

To which another person replied, “Imagine if you told that 5 years ago to Brexit voters!”

Well that poster doesn't understand the UK or Brexit.

Rishi Sunak supported Brexit as did Suella Braverman and James Cleverly, the current Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, neither of whom are white, along with countless other non white senior Tories, because they're all British politicians and are allowed to have their own views.

Like the black and brown Tories, Humza Yousaf is a nationalist separatist who peddles economic fantasy to push a grievance with a union he wants to end. And he's entitled to do that because he's Scottish.

A lot of Scottish nationalist, many of whom are blood and soil ethnic nationalists, will be disgusted that a Pakistani Muslim is their first minister and attended the ceremony with his mother and female relatives in headscarves. Just because they hate the English the most doesn't meant they're welcoming to other people.

[quote] I saw someone on Reddit comment “Imagine if you’d told the public 50 years ago that an Indian and a Pakistani would be running England and Scotland.”

[quote] To which another person replied, “Imagine if you told that 5 years ago to Brexit voters!”

It's a strange phenomenon, very similar to what people were saying when Barack Obama got elected in 2008.

"Who would have thought that a black guy named Barack Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, could be elected President of the United States only seven years after 9/11."

Funny how shit happens.

RIP Women's rights.

[quote] will be disgusted that a Pakistani Muslim is their first minister and attended the ceremony with his mother and female relatives in headscarves.

All those "liberal" Scots so chuffed that an Asian Muslim won happily turn a blind eye to repressive, misogynist Islam.

What a shitty selection of candidates.

Humza has infamously been crap in his roles to date, and he's unlikely to become competent overnight. Kate Forbes is homophobic and against marriage equality; hardly surprising when she's an active member of the Free Church of Scotland, an evangelical Calvinist denomination with socially conservative views, including opposition to abortion. Who was the other one? I can't even remember - too forgettable and anonymous.

[quote]It's a strange phenomenon, very similar to what people were saying when Barack Obama got elected in 2008.

Humza Yousaf hasn't been elected First Minister by his country, he was elected as leader of the SNP by his party members, with a third of party members not voting for any candidate.

From an electorate of 72k, 26k voted for him to be party leader. - he won 52% of votes with his anti gay marriage anti abortion opponent getting 48%

In the 2021 Scottish election the SNP got 1.4m votes, 47% of the voter share.

Oww! Thank you r27 sir! May I have another?

This ingrate lives in Scotland and hates The Whites!

On first votes, more SNP members voted for candidates who are opposed to the Gender Recognition Reform law than votes for the candidate who supported it.

Scotland is over. There was no good path forward with these two candidates. A pro-trans candidate or a Muslim. Scotland will be unrecognizable in the coming decades. Scotland is over.

[quote]Scotland is over. There was no good path forward with these two candidates. A pro-trans candidate or a Muslim. Scotland will be unrecognizable in the coming decades. Scotland is over.

Are you on smack?

The pro trans candidate IS the Muslim candidate. The evangelical Christian candidate who opposes gay marriage and abortion got 48% of the vote.

Humza offered Kate Forbes a significant demotion and she turned it down. Now she can criticise him from the back benches,

He can't be that interested in party unity.

That video at R36 made me very uncomfortable.

Yes, that video at [R36] contains a lot of anger.

This man is supposed to do the will of the people and not pursue his personal obsessions.

[quote] Scotland is over. There was no good path forward with these two candidates. A pro-trans candidate or a Muslim. Scotland will be unrecognizable in the coming decades. Scotland is over.

Oh, get a grip of yourself. You surely must be one of the Independence freaks? That, it would seem, is over, and as a Scot I’m glad. Scotland will do just fine.

[quote] Scotland will do just fine

Has it been doing "just fine" these last 50 years?

Circumcision rates are going to soar.

[quote]The pro trans candidate IS the Muslim candidate. The evangelical Christian candidate who opposes gay marriage and abortion got 48% of the vote.

There was no path forward for Scotland. Scotland is over.

Fuck, I'm tired today. Just read the thread title as "Humza Yousaf set to become Scottish Fetish Meister"

Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!

[quote]He’s a hyper woke trans supporting militant, even worse than sturgeon.

Yes, just ignore he could not be more supportive of the gay community, because you hate transpeople.

You believe someone with that attitude towards whites is favorable towards gays — “a white man’s problem”, according to many minorities. You are naive and gullible.

[quote] Yes, just ignore he could not be more supportive of the gay community, because you hate transpeople.

They are two different species.

[quote]You believe someone with that attitude towards whites is favorable towards gays — “a white man’s problem”, according to many minorities. You are naive and gullible.

No, I'll tell you naive and gullible: A gay conservative. And BTW, considering the "attitude" on DL by some white gays towards minorities, get a mirror. You act as though we don't have a long list of white gays who've been at the helm of anti-gay legislation.

R52 Your last sentence is getting way off the Scottish topic.

[quote]No, I'll tell you naive and gullible: A gay conservative. And BTW, considering the "attitude" on DL by some white gays towards minorities, get a mirror. You act as though we don't have a long list of white gays who've been at the helm of anti-gay legislation.

[quote]gay conservative.

Not conservative, but everyone who isn’t hard left is rightwing or “Russian”. Or “both sides” - which I consider a compliment.

[quote]And BTW, considering the "attitude" on DL by some white gays towards minorities, get a mirror.

Like gay progressives and their attitude towards Jews.

[quote]You act as though we don't have a long list of white gays who've been at the helm of anti-gay legislation.

There are tons, on the right and the left.

Oh Scotland, what has become of you?

But, how does he look in a kilt??

He's complaining that there are too many white people in positions of power in a country that is 97% white?

He needs to be removed before he makes a bigger fool of himself.

Yousaf is utterly incompetent. Scots really need to wake up and understand that the decimated NHS, appalling education stats, horrific numbers of excess deaths and higher tax is 100% down to the SNP - nothing to do with Westminster/The Tories/England or whatever parochial phantom they scream at down the glens.

[quote] He's complaining that there are too many white people in positions of power in a country that is 97% white?

So this is what I took the most issue with.

Would you make the same accusations against the government in China? Or India?

NOT ENOUGH WHITE PEOPLE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT!!!

Of course not.

There are NO white people in their governments.

Yet white people are constantly guilt tripped into putting more "diversity" into their governments.

That is so fucked up.

[quote] Yet white people are constantly guilt tripped

It is the 'White Man's Burden'.

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He’s the moron who wants people jailed for their tweets misgendering people.

A dangerous little cretin.

Scottish Bill Would Criminalize ‘Hate Speech’ in Private Homes

Thank god we’re witnessing the end of the SNP.

I adore Rowling standing up for women but it appears she should be more concerned about his undisguised racism against 97% of the country he wants to govern

Is he like the president of Scotland or something?

Neither he or that other one in the UK 🇬🇧 will remain in power after the next election

[quote] That’s of you ignore (1) Rishi Sunak being leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister, and (2) that the SNP isn’t a national UK party, it has no presence in the nation outside Scotland.

R14, Scotland is a nation.

[quote] A lot of Scottish nationalist, many of whom are blood and soil ethnic nationalists, will be disgusted that a Pakistani Muslim is their first minister and attended the ceremony with his mother and female relatives in headscarves. Just because they hate the English the most doesn't meant they're welcoming to other people.

And many Tory-voters (British nationalists who inflicted Brexit on us) will be disgusted that a practising Hindu is their Prime Minister. Thankfully such bigots seem to be in a minority, although it must be said that only Yousaf has won an actual vote of his party membership, whereas Sunak lost to Truss on his first attempt and was then appointed by his exhausted humiliated MPs when Truss was such a miserable failure.

[quote] This man is supposed to do the will of the people and not pursue his personal obsessions.

"Supposed to do" are the operative words. Labour elected Corbyn. And look what happened.

He looks a little like Joe Mantegna.

I want to hear from the Scots who sat out this election or undervoted because those are awful choices. Dead end choices.

[quote] Labour elected Corbyn. And look what happened.

Speaking of Corbyn ---

Labour's governing body has voted to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate at the next election.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) voted 22 to 12 to approve a motion from Sir Keir Starmer to prevent Labour endorsing Mr Corbyn. There is no right of appeal.

Mr Corbyn is suspended from being a Labour MP and sits as an independent following a row over antisemitism.

The former Labour leader called it a "shameful attack on party democracy".

In a statement, he said the decision to block him showed "contempt" for the voters who had supported the party at the 2017 and 2019 elections.

And in a hint he could run as an independent candidate in the constituency he has represented since 1983, he said he had "no intention" to stop "fighting for a fairer society on behalf of the people of Islington North".

R76 Starmer thinks that by blocking Jew-hating turd Corbyn, he's on the path to rehabilitating Labour. Of course he completely ignores the rest of the Jew-haters in Labour who voted for Corbyn as leader. Twice!!

Speaking of Labour, Kellie-Jay Keen now intends to run against Starmer.

Other than his lovely accent (I have a weakness for a strong Scottish dialect), Humza has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

What is going to happen to the SNP? I don't see anyone else in the wings who could effectively take over. It's been the 'Sturgeon Party' for years.

I think Scottish Labour will do pretty well at the next general election. I can't see the Scottish Conservatives benefiting much, though.

He’s Liz Truss in a kilt.

He thinks he’s won a huge mandate but is already incredibly disliked and distrusted by the public and large parts of his party. He doesn’t perform well when he’s under scrutiny and is arrogant and dismissive of journalists.

There will be a general election in the next 18 months and Yousaf will lead the campaign for the SNP to keep their seats.

Labour will make the case that a vote for the SNP is a vote for the Tories and highlight his appalling record.

People keep thinking that the UK is racist as fuck but studies have found that it's the least racist country in Europe. And almost all EU immigration was lily white. Brexit voters didn't vote for Brexit primarily because of race.

Scotland is completely Orwellian. DL doesn’t know how batshit insane it is.

Sure, r81. lol. They threw Jews out of Britain.

[quote] Sure, [R81]. lol. They threw Jews out of Britain.

Twice! But Jews are something else, innit? Jeremy Corbyn sure believes so. And he most certainly isn't alone.

I'm talking about modern-day Britain, not about stuff that happened a long time ago.

Modern-day Britain is just as Jew hating today as it was in 1190 when the Jews of York were burned alive in a tower by the locals, when they were expelled by Edward I from Britain in 1290. Jews are indeed something else when it comes to the UK's entrenched hatreds.

[quote]Modern-day Britain is just as Jew hating today as it was in 1190 when the Jews of York were burned alive in a tower by the locals, when they were expelled by Edward I from Britain in 1290. Jews are indeed something else when it comes to the UK's entrenched hatreds.

No. Outside of a faction of far left cranks, Jew hatred is not prevalent in the UK. They are not burnt alive nor expelled. It's not equivalent.

R87 You slept through Jeremy Corbyn's/Labour's 5 year Jew-hate fest? Unless you're asserting that the entire Labour party are "far-left cranks"?

If the Gaudrian deigns to report about Jew hatred, you know it most certainly IS "prevalent".

Corbyn and his fans ARE the far left cranks. His reign is one of the most disgusting things I've witnessed and I was super happy to see that the NEC and Starmer confirm this week that he will not be allowed to run as a Labour candidate at the next election. But they're still a minority.

R89 And yet . . . Labour's Jew hating turds faction are such a minority that they voted in Corbyn as leader. Twice.

Starmer is attempting to rehabilitate Labour of its Jew-hating core. He won't do so unless he removes from the party every single one of those scum who voted for Corbyn. TWICE!

The left's obsession with Jews started before Corbyn became Labour leader but he made it mainstream and acceptable.

Corbyn's brand of antisemitism has been described as "Golf Club antisemitism", the kind of middle class old school English view on race. Jews are the controlling manipulative oppressive scheming profiteering shadowy elite, where as Africans, Asians, Muslims etc are REAL victims of oppression and racism and need the support of people like Corbyn to overcome that oppression.

Of ALL the cases of antisemitism in Labour the one that has stayed with me is the woman from Liverpool who saw a Nazi era image and tracked down the Nazi artist who made it to ask for a hi-res version she could share. Kayla Bibby wasn't even suspended for it.

But Corbyn is out of the party and has 2 choices,

1. He runs as an independent and Labour Party members him who support him get immediately expelled, and his MP colleagues get labelled traitors for refusing to back him, preferring to stay on as Labour MPs. He either wins and spends the next 5 years in Parliament sat with the Tories on the opposition benches or loses and is humiliated.

2. He doesn't stand and just sends passive aggressive tweets for the rest of his life.

[quote] Scotland is completely Orwellian. DL doesn’t know how batshit insane it is.

What….are you even talking about? Are you even Scottish? The country has its issues, like anywhere, but I think it’s a great place to be. Maybe you’re spending too much time online in social media echo chambers? Your comment is absolutely absurd considering there are many legitimately oppressive and Orwellian states in the world.

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The Queen really dodged a bullet when she died. As far as she knows, she helped usher in a new age where women can lead.

Charles ushered in an age where absolutely incompetent strivers are placed in positions of power, even though they lack any popular support among the public. If Sunak or Yousaf weren’t of South Asian descent, they couldn’t get elected as lead hamburger wrapper at McDonald’s.

Elizabeth’s death was the death of Britain.

This proud and happy Pakistani rules over Scotland.

[quote]This proud and happy Pakistani rules over Scotland.

There was no direction for Scotland to go.

Malorie Blackman, comment?

R97, are those his 3 wives?

[quote] 3 wives

Thankfully they aren't hiding their identity as others do behind large black garbage bags.

Hopefully Ireland isn't next...

^ What an unappealing picture!

[quote]Charles ushered in an age where absolutely incompetent strivers are placed in positions of power, even though they lack any popular support among the public. If Sunak or Yousaf weren’t of South Asian descent, they couldn’t get elected as lead hamburger wrapper at McDonald’s.

I know this post isn't serious but come on?

Rishi Sunak is a privately educated investment banker who married a billionaire's daughter. He's EXACTLY the type of person to achieve high status within the Conservative Party.

And Humza Yousaf is an arrogant rash incompetent man who stokes grievance wherever he can. He is therefore wholly qualified to lead the SNP.

Worth reminding again that both Sunak and Yousaf both got their jobs through party leadership elections and not through a national election. Sunak is destined to lose the next general election, and it's unlikely Yousaf will last until the next Holyrood election, but if he does then it's likely he'll be replaced with a Labour First Minister, Anas Sarwar, a Muslim with Pakistani heritage.

Well start as you mean to go on I guess. Not sure what the actual role that is going to be other than saying "no" when asked "is Scotland Independent yet?"

Mr Humza Useless.

100% disliked

Rishi Sunak is cute while this guy looks like a slob. I'm unabashed about that counting to me.

I watched some of First Minister's Questions yesterday. He responded very badly to the criticism and jokes about his competence. He is very thin skinned and is very easily triggered.

Speaking of triggered there is going to be a by election soon with Covid Margaret stepping down. An early test for Labour to take a seat off the SNP.

Allegedly indy-supporting rag The National now has anti-indy Owen Jones writing for it. What the hell?

Owen Jones is an attention seeking narcissist. It can't be long before he gets a show on GB News to have tantrums about Keir Starmer.

I doubt you can't have tantrums against Starmer on mainstream British media.

[quote]I doubt you can't have tantrums against Starmer on mainstream British media.

But you have to be invited on mainstream media to have tantrums, and shows like Jeremy Vine have their hired gobshites taking on every topic under the sun. Coming up after the break, should birdfeeders be banned to support the fight against global warming. We discuss with Owen Jones and Nainder from the second series of Big Brother.

GB News could have The Owen Hour where he invites various cranks on to talk about how awful Starmer is, with rehearsed monologues he can clip for social medial.

I see what you meant, R112.

This guy is such a moron. The compilation of him ranting about whites is hilarious.

Oh my god Yousaf's political downfall is even more enjoyable than his scooter mishap.

He dumped the Greens before they could dump him and now he's facing a no confidence vote. If all opposition parties vote against him in the vote of no confidence he loses.

The only ray of hope for him is Ash Regan, the former leadership contender, who defected to Alba prompting Yousaf to say it was "no great loss" for her to leave the party. Regan, a proud TERF, has written to Yousaf asking for assurances over women's rights, something he won't do as it will lose the support of others in his party.

WHAT A FUCKING SHITSHOW!

The Greens confirmed late Thursday that they would be voting against Yousaf, along with the other main opposition parties, including the Conservatives and Labour.

“We no longer have confidence in a progressive government in Scotland doing the right thing for climate and nature,” co-leader Lorna Slater said.

Relations between the SNP and the Greens, which both back Scotland’s independence from the U.K., soured recently, particularly in the last week after Yousaf abandoned a key climate change target, specifically the goal of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030, arguing that it was “beyond what we are able to achieve.”

The guy is being brought down because he told the truth

[quote]The guy is being brought down because he told the truth

He's not being "brought down" he's facing the consequences of his actions by tolerating a bunch of cranks when it was beneficial for him to do so and now facing their wrath for cutting them loose before they cut him loose.

The SNP are facing a bloodbath in the next election. Not only will Labour offer an alternative government but they'll be able to attack the SNP on their record, the party management (stealing party members money) and SNP conduct, such as trying to claim £11k on work expenses.

Rumours tonight that he’ll resign tomorrow.

Imagine his horror at being replaced by a WHITE MSP.

Now being reported that he’s going this morning

Bye hun!

[quote] The 37-year-old will be the youngest first minister

The Millennials be taking over.

This will not end well.

Jenny Gilruth is being talked about to replace Yousaf. She’s even worse than he is.

It’s lovely to see the Scottish Greens get their comeuppance. They have a handful of seats in parliament, but were very much the tail wagging the dog over the past few years. The trans policies they insisted upon have drawn attention to the fact that this handful of Greens on the political fringes are in fact deeply illiberal, seeking to police speech even in private households.

Finally, even Yousaf got the message that they are electoral poison. He got rid of them because they could not be placated or moderated, and were threatening to make further demands on him. He saw the writing on the wall: the Greens themselves will only get the message when the Scottish people deliver it at the next election.

LOL the BBC coverage has the audio and visual out of sync.

Leadership in the UK really is musical chairs. A twenty-month-old Scottish toddler will soon have lived under three first ministers, three prime ministers and two monarchs.

Leaving a media engagement without taking any questions? FUCKING PUSSY

I’d fuck him