Cometh the hour, cometh the Humza. Once again the hapless health minister has struck again, this time on a visit to a group of Ukrainian women in Edinburgh. After a photo call, Yousaf turned to the group of women and asked loudly ‘Where are all the men?’ There was polite and awkward laughter before the women explained that, er, many of their partners had stayed in Ukraine to fight in the war. Awkward.
So much for the land of the enlightenment, eh? Interviewed shortly afterwards, Humza Yousaf claimed to the BBC that a number of Ukrainian men were in fact elsewhere in the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain building and the women with whom he had held a meeting did not seem to have taken offence. The watching public on the other hand might conclude differently. 70,000 members and this is the best they’ve got?
With Humza Yousaf as First Minister, looks like the Union will be safe for another 300 years…
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