Another day, another SNP spat. Humza Yousaf spent the weekend trying to drum up support amongst his core voters for his nationalist party, which is predicted to lose almost half of its Westminster seats to Labour in the general election. The main problem with the First Minister’s message, however, was that it seemed to focus on the wrong target.
‘In this election, we have the chance to finally make Scotland Tory-free, for the first time in almost a quarter of a century,’ Yousaf roared at his audience. ‘Most seats across Scotland are a straight fight between the SNP and the Tories. Let the message from our party be heard loud and clear by every Tory MP in Scotland. Your time is up and the SNP is coming for you.’
Scary stuff. But Mr S isn’t convinced Yousaf has set his sights on the right competitor — and some Nats aren’t so sure about it all either.
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