What Liz Truss must learn from Humza Yousaf

Hats off to Humza Yousaf. He knows how give a straight answer. At the Edinburgh fringe, he was quizzed by Matthew Stadlen who asked if he took responsibility for the chaos that led to his resignation as Scotland’s first minister. 

‘I frankly f***ed up,’ admits Yousaf. Warm applause greeted this confession, and Stadlen compared his honesty with the more equivocal approach of Liz Truss. ‘It upsets a lot of people,’ said Yousaf, ‘that she’s unable to utter a syllable of contrition. She blames the markets, the Bank of England, and the deep state. We need fewer Liz Truss’s.’

Yousaf is still committed to Scottish independence and he predicts that it will happen during his lifetime, although he won’t say when. He argues that ‘around 50 per cent’ of Scots still support the policy and he rejects the idea that Scotland’s economy will suffer.