Elon Musk and Humza Yousaf in war of words

It’s an unlikely face off: the First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf against Twitter/X chief Elon Musk. The pair are currently engaged in an online spat after Musk labelled Yousaf a ‘racist’. There’s never a dull moment with him at least…

The row came about last night after Musk saw a clip of a parliamentary speech Yousaf made two years ago. Speaking just after the murder of George Floyd in the US, the then Justice Secretary remarked that the top jobs in Scotland were all occupied by (horror of horrors) white people. Since making those comments, critics have used the clip to label Yousaf as a bigot — while the FM’s allies defend Yousaf’s speech as being about the need for diversity.

But when the clip resurfaced again this week, Musk rather unexpectedly decided to wade into the conversation. Under a post of the video by an account called ‘End Wokeness’, Musk replied: ‘What a blatant racist!’ Don’t hold back, Elon…