Tory MSP Stephen Kerr has defended his actions in challenging First Minister Humza Yousaf over Gaza funding, denying Islamophobia allegations. Yousaf directed £250,000 to UNRWA against advice. Kerr received £2,450 from Conservative Friends of Israel for a visit.
🖊 "It’s not racist or Islamophobic to hold Humza Yousaf to account" "The First Minister must answer to taxpayers when he spends our money" Read the full column from @Alan_Cochrane below ⬇️ https://t.co/ilGgo2biK3
It doesn't seem like either party has really come to grips with the implications of a possible racial re-ordering in terms of party identity -- on some level they're both more comfortable with mid-2010's dynamics.
Back to Humza Yousaf and how he overruled Scottish Government official advice to get £250,000 of funding sent to UNRWA. Here are the relevant sections from 49 pages of internal Scottish Government correspondence, released under freedom of information laws.
Tory MP Stephen Crabb has once again accepted funding from the Israel lobby amid the Gaza genocide. He received £2,450 from Conservative Friends of Israel to travel to Israel on a "special solidarity visit" last month. https://t.co/p5270y34PD
The MSP who questioned Humza Yousaf’s “motivations” in a row over Gaza funding has denied Islamophobia and insisted the First Minister still has questions to answer https://t.co/Vr74R11IaV
"Humza Yousaf’s Islamophobia claims over Gaza row rejected "First Minister had conflict of interest when he directed aid, says Stephen Kerr MSP" https://t.co/ruY8Mb1v78
A new follower of mine wrote to me from Scotland. In @HumzaYousaf's socialist SNP paradise, things immigration & Islamic are just as awful. "Hi David you probably won’t be bothered to read this or reply but I’m a care experienced young person living in Scotland, I see what's… https://t.co/vV7hPNLR1G
Tory MSP has 'no regrets' over challenging first minister on Gaza funding https://t.co/8JgqcdZova
Tory MSP has 'no regrets' over challenging Yousaf on Gaza funding https://t.co/f44HblBhrx