SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf is “not fit” to become the country’s First Minister due to a controversy involving Rangers’ celebrations after securing 55.
That’s according to Scottish Conservative rival Murdo Fraser, who was speaking after long-established First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to step down from the role.
Controversial politician Humza Yousaf made headlines in the immediate aftermath of 55 during his time as justice secretary after tweeting about the Rangers team’s celebrations.
And now the career politician is bidding to take charge of the Scottish Parliament in a controversial hunt to become the leader of the SNP party.
Humza Yousaf “not fit” for role of First Minister
Specifically, Humza Yousaf commented on a clearly fake video of the Ibrox first-team singing sectarian add-ons to Neil Diamond classic Sweet Caroline.
This is despite the fact many of the players involved in the clips were practising Catholics, with many believing the intention here was to attract negative publicity to Rangers’ title celebrations.
The reaction to the club’s title celebrations has been picked up by Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser, who claims that this proves Humza Yousaf isn’t just unfit for the role of First Minister, but that he is unfit for Scottish government.
“Humza Yousaf has an unenviable track record of ill-judged outbursts on social media,” Fraser told the Scottish Daily Express.
“This was a classic example where he leapt to judgement on a clearly fake video that has appeared on Twitter with Rangers FC players supposedly singing a sectarian song, demanding a prosecution. What was worse, he was actually Justice Secretary at the time.
“When his error was pointed out, he did not even have the grace to apologise. This is not a man fit to be in Government, never mind as First Minister.”
A high-profile Celtic supporter, alongside fellow SNP MSP James Dornan there has since been no apology from Humza Yousaf after Police Scotland confirmed the videos were indeed completely false.
Many Rangers fans remain convinced the intention of the Twitter storm over the fake videos was to sully the club’s momentous title celebrations or to trigger supporters.
As a result, can you blame Rangers supporters for chuckling at this hilarious clip of Humza Yousaf in Parliament?
