It seems that Humza Yousaf is taking diversity seriously – though not as we know it. Scotland’s First Minister has apparently welcomed the Christian fundamentalist former bus tycoon Brian Souter, regarded as a homophobe by the Scottish Greens, back into the SNP fold. Changed days.
The SNP needs all the help it can get with the business community in Scotland and Souter has been helping out schmoozing them, according to Politico. A freedom of information request revealed that Yousaf’s aides have been actively courting Scotland’s richest man following his sale of Stagecoach two years ago.
SNP donations have all but dried up in recent years and the party needs cash for the upcoming general election campaign. In the past five years, the party has only received one donation over £50,000 from a living person. Souter used to be the SNP’s biggest donor before Nicola Sturgeon took over. They, however, didn’t see eye to eye on issues of personal morality.
The character of the SNP is changing in ways that could not have been envisaged only a year ago when Nicola Sturgeon was still in Bute House.
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