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T_i_B

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2. I hope we don't get any more people trying to use a candidate's religion against them

Reply to Emrys (Original post)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 10:58 AM

Mar 2023

Although sadly I think there will be plenty who will trash Yousaf on this point.

Especially given how Forbes campaign tended to get bogged down in arguments over her being a "wee free". Usually from people who don't know the first thing about the denomination she's a part of.

Mind you, I have SNP supporting relations, who would have probably deserted the nationalist cause if she'd been elected leader due to her stance on LBGT+ issues.

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Humza Yousaf succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader [View all] Emrys Mar 2023 OP

I can just hear Republicans (and some Tories): peppertree Mar 2023 #1

Yousaf's been known to rock a kilt quite often. Emrys Mar 2023 #5

A cross-cultural man - and no doubt smart, too peppertree Mar 2023 #6

I hope we don't get any more people trying to use a candidate's religion against them T_i_B Mar 2023 #2

It's long been an issue with Yousaf's ethnicity, let alone his religion. Emrys Mar 2023 #3

As I understand he was seen as a "continuity candidate" to Sturgeon re: women's & LGBTQ equality NullTuples Mar 2023 #4

A surprisingly insightful take on the Scottish political scene from Stephen Bush in the FT, Emrys Mar 2023 #7