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Does Humza Yousaf know his Islamic History?

BY HAMISH GOBSON Anyone curious about what our failed Scottish First Minister of recent memory, Humza Yousaf, is likely to experience when he leaves Britain for Islamic pastures new would be well advised to read a wonderful book recently published by Princeton University Press called A History of the Muslim World: From its origins to the dawn of modernity. The author is Michael Cook, a British … Continue reading Does Humza Yousaf know his Islamic History?

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Life in the Highlands, Then and Then

BY HAMISH GOBSON Now that Humble Humza’s world has ended, and Alister Jack has put himself out to pastures new, Scottish politics is heading in a new direction. Since no-one takes Holyrood seriously anymore, the future is green – by which I mean the field of legitimate conflict about the way forward for this country has moved to the green benches of the House of … Continue reading Life in the Highlands, Then and Then

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April Haters Day Has Fascist Past

BY HAMISH GOBSON Given that Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act came into force on April Fools’ Day, I thought it might help to put it in context by remembering Scotland’s fascist past. That story has been well told by a St Andrews academic, Gavin Bowd, in an important book called FASCIST SCOTLAND: Caledonia and the Far Right (2014). Anyone who wants to understand the nationalist connection with … Continue reading April Haters Day Has Fascist Past

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Is Humza Yousaf Spouting Artificial Intelligence?

BY HAMISH GOBSON The piece planned for today had to be postponed after I made an extraordinary discovery which all literate people in Scotland (or anywhere else for that matter) ought to be warned about urgently. I bought a book from Amazon which turns out to have been written using “Artificial Intelligence technology”. Here is what happened. For reasons connected with the open racism at the … Continue reading Is Humza Yousaf Spouting Artificial Intelligence?

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Whiffier Than Rotting Fish

BY EFFIE DEANS Humza Yousaf’s wife Nadia El-Nakla is Scottish. She was born and brought up in Dundee. But unlike most Scots she has family living in Gaza. Her parents chose to ignore Foreign Office advice about visiting Gaza and ended up in a warzone after the 7th October Hamas attack on Israel. That was unfortunate and naturally Humza Yousaf and his wife were concerned … Continue reading Whiffier Than Rotting Fish

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The Overextending Mayoralty

BY EFFIE DEANS If going through final Brexit deadlines has become tiresome then SNP interventions into the negotiating process have become still more boring and absurd. The other day Humza Yousaf made the claim that Gunboat diplomacy would not be welcome in Scottish waters. He demonstrated not merely his ignorance of history, but also his wilful ignorance of devolution. Gunboat diplomacy has absolutely nothing to … Continue reading The Overextending Mayoralty

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