By MICHAEL SLOVANOS
CAIRNS News readers are largely well aware of the threat of leftist authoritarianism, but no leftist political figure to date has demonstrated the threat of vicious anti-European racism and thought control more clearly than former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf.
Don’t assume that Yousaf’s 2020 speech was that of an immigrant foreigner abusing his new home, as he is Scottish-born to Pakistani immigrant parents. Those parents, who might well have been proud of their son’s political achievements, must now be embarrassed, if not ashamed.
An extract from that shocking speech that Yousaf gave in 2020 has again emerged on the internet, prompting comments Elon Musk, who has been under fire from not only the new authoritarian UK Labor PM Keir “Two Tier” Starmer, but from Starmer’s lefty friends in the European Union and Scotland.
In a stunning display of political hypocrisy and doublethink, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney, went public to accuse Musk of using “reprehensible and baseless” language about his predecessor Yousaf. “It tells us all we need to know about the degree to which X is essentially being used as platform for fermenting hate in our society,” said Swinney in an interview with LBC, the voice of London lefties.
Apparently Musk’s comment that “Yousaf loathes white people” raised the possibility of him being sued. Yousaf’s lawyer was quoted as saying “Elon has effectively painted a target on Yousaf’s back with his completely untrue and inflammatory comments.” Musk responded as in the inset post above.
Yousaf introduced totalitarian laws to parliament which ultimately became the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, hailed as one of his flagship policies but widely criticised not only by the Catholic church but the National Secular Society and writers. The “law” prompted more than 4000 complaints, many against Yousaf, when it came into effect and has drawn police away from regular criminal investigations.
But Yousaf doubled down, despite an amendment to the Act to remove prosecution for cases of unintentionally “stirring up hate”, which could have led to prosecution of libraries stocking contentious books. Yousaf then proposed abolishing an exception to the Public Order Act 1986, which allows people to use “otherwise illegal language” in their own homes. The idea of such an “exception” is horrific enough, let alone removing it.
Yousaf, who worked in league with Scotland’s communist Greens, fortunately didn’t last long as First Minister. After facing an imminent motion of no confidence amid a government crisis, he announced his intention to resign as first minister and party leader on 29 April 2024. He formally resigned on 7 May 2024 and was succeeded by Swinney, his pathetic apologist and Scottish National Party colleague.
Most of what we need to know about Yousaf has been summed up brilliantly by Gordon Rayner, associate editor of The Telegraph. What the Scottish people who elected this man need to know if that they need to vote him out. He is one of the greatest threats to western political freedoms we have even seen.