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“More Complaints” About Humza Yousaf’s 2020 Speech About “Often Being the Only Non-White Person in the Room” Than J.K. Rowling Under New Hate Crime Law as Police Receive 4,000 Complaints in Two Days

by Will Jones
3 April 2024 5:03 PM

Humza Yousaf has received more complaints under Scotland’s new hate crime bill for his 2020 speech about “often being the only non-white person in the room” than J.K. Rowling, it was claimed today. The Mail has more.

Since the controversial legislation was rolled out on Monday almost 4,000 complaints are said to have been made to Police Scotland, with the force reportedly dealing with 60 complaints on average per hour. 

Police sources have now shed light on the nature of the hate crime complaints, revealing that the majority relate to the First Minister as well as J.K. Rowling.

“A lot of those complaints were about Humza Yousaf, on the same complaint about his parliamentary rant,” an insider told the Sun. “J.K. Rowling has had some, but not as many as Humza Yousaf.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson also said: “We have received a number of complaints in relation to a speech in the Scottish Parliament on June 10th 2020.

“Earlier complaints regarding this matter were assessed at the time and it was established no crime was committed and no further action was required.”

As the storm over the laws continues to intensify, Yousaf’s minister for victims and community Siobhian Brown, warned of “hysteria” gripping Scots, revealing that a member of the public had made a fake complaint in her name.

The SNP MSP said that there was “misinformation” about the new act that was leading people to make a series of “fake and vexatious complaints”. …

Meanwhile, complaints levied against Mr. Yousaf relate to a speech he gave in Holyrood back in 2020 during a debate to show solidarity with anti-racism following the death of George Floyd in the United States. 

In a clip, that is often taken out of context and spread widely on social media, the SNP leader tells of how people are surprised that he is often the “only non-white person in the room” in most of the meetings he attends.

He adds: “Why are we so surprised when the most senior positions in Scotland are filled almost exclusively by people who are white?

“Take my portfolio, for example. The Lord President is white, the Lord Justice Clerk is white, every High Court judge is white, the Lord Advocate is white, the Solicitor General is white, the Chief Constable is white, every Deputy Chief Constable is white, every Assistant Chief Constable is white, the head of the Law Society is white, the head of the Faculty of Advocates is white and every prison governor is white.”

A 45-second clip of the lengthy four-year-old speech, that was made in June 2020, gained traction online last year. It was spurred on when X’s owner, Elon Musk, replied “what a blatant racist” to a post by a well-known right-wing media account.

Worth reading in full.

Stop Press: Murdo Fraser MSP has asked Police Scotland if they have logged a ‘non-crime hate incident’ against Humza Yousaf, just as they did against him when a trans activist reported his tweet mocking the SNP’s Non-Binary Equality Action Plan. He pointed out that Police Scotland have to log the ‘hate crime’ reports about Yousaf as an NCHI unless they operate different rules for the First Minister. The Telegraph has more.

Stop Press 2: Toby has written to Humza Yousaf, offering to help him get the NCHI logged against him deleted if he joins the Free Speech Union.

Dear @HumzaYousaf,

I was sorry to hear that since April 1st several hundred people have reported your 2020 speech in which you complained about "often being the only non-white person in the room" as a 'hate crime' under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act. As you…

— Toby Young (@toadmeister) April 3, 2024
Tags: Black Lives MatterHate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) ActHate speechHumza YousafJ.K. RowlingRacismScotlandTransgenderism

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Cristi.Neagu
Cristi.Neagu
3 years ago

Further proof that this is all about controlling us so that the rich can go wherever they want without bumping into plebs all over the place.

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Hester
Hester
3 years ago

He is Elite don’t you realise that? he is so much more impotant than us plebs, Know your place just pay your taxes so they can live off you like the parasites they are.

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Jess
Jess
3 years ago
Reply to  Hester

“Impotent”.
Small but significant typo I presume.

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Norman
Norman
3 years ago
Reply to  Jess

If only that were the case, but these bu**ers want to pass their riches on to their offspring.

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Fingerache Philip
Fingerache Philip
3 years ago

Nuff said!!

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SJR
SJR
3 years ago

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

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Rogerborg
Rogerborg
3 years ago

I’m left wondering what work was so vital that he had to fly in to do it in person, but only took one day.

Aside, does anyone know the cargo capacity of a Gulfstream G650, expressed in sacks of gold?

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steve_z
steve_z
3 years ago
Reply to  Rogerborg

yes, or telling someone something (or hearing from someone) that there couldn’t be an electronic or paper trail for

ie backhanders/corruption/you scratch my back etc

anything else can be done on zoom

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NotAtHomeToday
NotAtHomeToday
3 years ago
Reply to  Rogerborg

About £130 Million at todays price. Only about 33 gallons of gold though.

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Backlash
Backlash
3 years ago

Well that’s my ready made excuse for not ever quarantining. Don’t you know I run a massive bank? Get out of the way peasant.

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iane
iane
3 years ago
Reply to  Backlash

Well, I can tell you, I really DO have a large bank (at the far end of my garden)!

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Norman
Norman
3 years ago

And yet even Santa had to prove his Covid status to get into the Tesco ad.

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Backlash
Backlash
3 years ago
Reply to  Norman

The only miracle there is that he wasn’t black like everyone else on TV ads is now.

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Norman
Norman
3 years ago
Reply to  Backlash

i am running a competition with my friends to see who spots the first one, but maybe that is one step too far for even wokey-blokeys.

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Rogerborg
Rogerborg
3 years ago
Reply to  Norman

I think Kwanzaa involves the veneration of Saint George.

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TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
3 years ago
Reply to  Norman

Zwarte Piet on ads?

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steve_z
steve_z
3 years ago

banking is simple

you borrow money at one timescale and lend at another

make money off the interest rate difference

what these people do is investment banking. convince you they are clever then invest your money. take a cut whether you win or lose. shysters

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CynicalRealist
CynicalRealist
3 years ago
Reply to  steve_z

Don’t forget also packaging debts up into incomprehensible financial instruments to hide the risk!

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paul smith
paul smith
3 years ago

“Money talks, virus walks”

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Nymeria
Nymeria
3 years ago

Rules for thee but not for me.

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hurleyp
hurleyp
3 years ago

Hong Kong was the birthplace of HSBC, a competitor to JP Morgan. It would have been fun to watch Hong Kong quarantine the head of a competitor “for health and safety reasons” for, say, several weeks. 😉 A missed opportunity!

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gone_loopy
gone_loopy
3 years ago

Rich person avoids rules, as old as history

Last edited 3 years ago by gone_loopy
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LonePatriot
LonePatriot
3 years ago

There is an ivermectin panic on the big tech and MSM right now. Massive articles from MSM on Ivermectin trying to push a danger narrative and also negative press on Americans Frontline Dr’s, again, to keep the Covid narrative alive. Just go to the Goog and type ivermectin then look at all the panic news articles. We are over the target. Big-Pharma is panicking. This medicine has been widely used by humans without any problems for 40 years. It’s inventor won a Nobel Prize after 20 years of successful use and after 100 million people were cured of a broad spectrum of problems without any side effects. Get your Ivermectin while you still can! https://ivmpharmacy.com

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Arum
Arum
3 years ago

Our PM would be OK then, he’s always been a great big banker

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cloudster
cloudster
3 years ago

Nice. One rule for me, one rule for thee.

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mojo
mojo
3 years ago

In other words the NWO working with China is breaking down HK. the thousands of entrepreneurs who live and work there will gradually go bankrupt and only the big China affiliated banks will be allowed to survive. Taiwan will also be totally controlled by CCP within the next couple of years and Tibet will be completely broken. This is Communism taking over and many of our own Globalists want this system in the West.

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago

Amazing, isn’t it, that this virus has the intelligence to avoid infecting Very Important Persons (or very rich ones)?

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