Cops treating Humza Yousaf incident at Glasgow election count as hate crime
Scotland s justice secretary claimed he was targeted by an anti-vaccine candidate on Friday because of the colour of my skin .
18:33, 8 MAY 2021
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The first woman of colour has been elected to the Scottish Parliament in its 22-year history.
Kaukab Stewart, of the SNP, has run for election five times having been a campaigner for more than 20 years.
The 53-year-old teacher takes over the Glasgow Kelvin constituency seat from the party s Sandra White, winning with a majority of 5,458 over the Greens.
She thanked voters, saying it was an honour to be the first woman of colour to become an MSP.
Giving her acceptance speech, Ms Stewart, who is also the first Muslim woman to be elected in Holyrood, said: It has taken too long but to all women and girls of colour out there - the Scottish Parliament belongs to you too.
Police Scotland treating behaviour of Liberals against Humza Yousaf as a hate incident Police Scotland are treating the behaviour of a Liberal Party candidate and supporters who confronted Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf as a hate incident. Officers are investigating the incident which took place during the count at the Emirates yesterday. Humza Yousaf said Liberal Party candidate Derek Jackson and supporters – who arrived at the Glasgow count on Friday wearing black suits, yellow stars and armbands asked him about “child rape victims in Pakistan” as well as the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime Bill. Mr Jackson and his five backers were escorted from the building by police.
The SNP will be the “leading and largest party” in the new Scottish Parliament, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has declared – though he said it is still too early to say if the party will win an overall majority at Holyrood.
Mr Swinney, also the Education Secretary in the Scottish Government, comfortably held his Perthshire North seat, increasing his majority over the Tories.
His was among the first handful of seats to declare as votes were counted after polling day on Thursday.
The coronavirus pandemic meant that traditional overnight counting was impossible, with the results instead being announced over the course of Friday and Saturday.
Humza Yousaf confronted by anti-vaccination candidate at Glasgow count
Scotland s justice secretary said he was targeted by Derek Jackson because of the colour of his skin.
13:48, 7 MAY 2021
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Humza Yousaf was confronted by an anti-vaccination candidate wearing a yellow star on his suit jacket in unpleasant scenes at the Glasgow election count today.