Yousaf: Pro-Palestinian marches on Armistice Day should ‘absolutely’ go ahead
Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf discusses pro-Palestine marches, his family’s return from Gaza and the wider conflict and Bonfire Night disorder in Niddrie.Scotland’s First Minister has said plans for pro-Palestinian marches in London on Armistice Day should go ahead, saying he was “beyond angry” at the UK Government’s response.The plans have caused concerns and been condemned by the UK Government, but Humza Yousaf has said describing them as “hate marches” is “unacceptable”.
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00:00 Absolutely. The march that is taking place, I think, on this Saturday, so it's of course
00:05 the day before Remembrance Sunday, I understand it's taking place after the minute's silence
00:11 that we will all undoubtedly observe. I hear it's not going anywhere near Whitehall or
00:16 indeed the Cenotaph and of course if armistice was about anything, my goodness, it's about
00:20 peace. So I have to say I am beyond angry at the Home Secretary and the UK Government
00:29 who seem to want to drive every issue into a culture war. Describing those marches as
00:36 hate marches I think is disgraceful, unacceptable. Yes, in every single march I'm afraid you'll
00:41 get one or two idiots who will do and say something that we all universally condemn
00:47 but to describe those hundreds of thousands in London, cities across the UK, including
00:52 here in Scotland, as full of hate or hate marches is completely unacceptable and frankly
00:57 this UK Government is unfit for office and certainly the Home Secretary is unfit for
01:02 office.
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