Progressive leader Humza Yousaf yesterday called on the UK government to end all arms sales to Israel.
“The UK can keep selling arms to Syria, Yemen, Iraq, even Mogadishu for all I care. No-one cares about Muslims in those countries. It is obscene and an affront to all right thinking people [Editor’s note: there was a slight scuffle at this point in the First Ministers speech as an aide appeared to object to the term ‘right thinking people’], that the UK Government would support the Israeli far-right, facist regime.”
Leg sales and sales of kidneys, hearts, lungs and other organs to Israel still seem to be approved by the Scottish Government. It is unclear why arms in particular has Humza so upset. Though as he concluded his speech, Humza may have given an indication.
“Growing up in Scotland, other children used to taunt me, asking where Hitler kept his armies. I refused to engage with racists then and refuse to do so now.”
It was a surprise to our older staff at The Notional that Humza had found that question so offensive. Perhaps if he had engaged, Scottish government time would not have been wasted today.
[Editor’s note: for those who still don’t know where Hitler kept his armies – it was up his sleevies. Perhaps a particularly Scottish form of joke.]