Occasionally one hears a politician speak the truth. Not intentionally, yet truth has a way of finding its way out. So it was with Keith Brown, former MSP for Ochil, during the debate on the motion S6M-12855 in the name of Russell Findlay (Repealing the Hate Crime Act). Keith is concerned for those of us fearful in our own homes, who are suffering anti-islamophobia. We don’t think Keith quite understood what he was saying. You can listen here:
It took us at The Notional aback. Even after we’d listened and rewatched the clip several times, was he really saying what he said? Inadvertently, Keith Brown spoke for most of Scotland with this brief statement. Then he went on and voted to keep the Hate Crime Act.
Later on in the same debate, Angela Constance, former MSP for Livingston, who in an expert display of doublespeak warned about rewriting history, went on to rewrite history. https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/scottish-conservative-and-unionist-party-debate-repealing-the-hate-crime-act-april-17-2024?clip_start=16:53:51&clip_end=16:54:01
We live in interesting times, dear reader. Who cursed us with these politicians?