It’s a day that ends in ‘y’ which means the leader of the SNP is once again harping on about independence. Today Humza Yousaf addressed a crowd at the the London School of Economics about the economic woes of Brexit and how, surprise surprise, ‘achieving independence’ is the only solution for the people of Scotland.
Yousaf started jovially, pointing out that both his host Emma McCoy and interviewer Iain Begg had Caledonian ties. ‘It just reminds me of that famous saying that there are two types of people in the world: Scots and those who want to be Scottish. There is a third, of course,’ he quipped, ‘those who lack any ambition whatsoever, but we shall look over those individuals.’ A rather ironic dig from a leader who has himself achieved, er, not a great deal…
But the First Minister grew serious as he was quizzed by the press. Asked about his position on the remarks made by Tory donor Frank Hester about
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