Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf: Sunak, Starmer and samosas
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Pod Save the UK
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf joins Nish and Coco to reflect on the highs and lows of his first year as leader. He takes us back to the fateful Valentine’s night phone call with Nicola Sturgeon that changed his life, and tells us how he felt watching his former mentor shed a tear at the Covid Inquiry last week.
The First Minister talks about the helplessness he felt when his family members were trapped in Gaza, and reveals his fears for his brother-in-law, a surgeon who remains in Khan Younis. He tells how Keir Starmer called to offer his support, in stark contrast to Rishi Sunak and his then Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
Their wide-ranging conversation also takes in King Charles’ shock cancer news, independence and Brexit, and the challenge the SNP faces at the next general election. Plus there’s Celtic FC, samosas and learn why his first ever job gave him a huge bicep! This week’s hero and villain can be found on our social media channels.
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Guest:
Humza Yousaf, First Minister of Scotland, and leader of the Scottish National Party
Audio credits:
UK Covid-19 Inquiry
BBC News
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Potte the UK, I'm Coco Khan and I'm Nishkumar and on today's show |
| 0:14.8 | it's been the best of years and the worst of years for our guest Scotland's first |
| 0:18.8 | minister humza Youssef. He got his dream job as Scottish First Minister. |
| 0:23.0 | But was he given the mother of all hospital passes by Nicholas Sturgeon? |
| 0:27.0 | After 17 years in power, the once dominant SMP has suffered a decline in the polls, |
| 0:31.0 | and there is an ongoing police investigation into its finances. |
| 0:34.7 | We'll ask First Minister Humsie Youser if he can turn things around in 2024. |
| 0:38.8 | Hi Nish, how are you? Very good Coco, how are you? |
| 0:43.3 | Very good Coco, how are you? |
| 0:44.4 | Sometimes when we do the intro credits, and we go, |
| 0:47.8 | hi, it's me, Coco Khan, and it's you. |
| 0:50.3 | I always have this temptation to say, |
| 0:52.3 | hi, it's me Nishkamar do you have that? Can I tell you something |
| 0:57.4 | my friend Brett Goldstein yeah yeah star of stage and screen. Yeah. |
| 1:03.0 | There's two things to tell you about. |
| 1:04.1 | He listens to this show and he calls that section |
| 1:07.5 | the bit where Nish reads his own name. |
| 1:10.5 | He says it makes him laugh so much |
| 1:12.4 | that it sounds like I'm reading my own name in the opening credits because I don't know my own name. |
| 1:18.0 | He also, and this is a slightly more convoluted inside joke, I used to do a show on a much missed short form |
| 1:28.7 | content platform called Quibi, which existed I think for about five minutes, which ironically was the length of most of his |
| 1:36.5 | content. And he used to watch that show on the toilet. So he referred to the show as toilet niche. He said it was the |
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