Show 217 - Humza Yousaf
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
One of the leading lights of the SNP and one of the most talented politicians in Scotland gives a funny and candid account of his time in government and politics so far. The Justice Secretary talks openly about the political challenges facing him and his party as well as the personal challenges he's faced in his life. (Including how he manages to campaign in an election taking place during Covid and Ramadan). Humza also reflects on the debates around the Hate Crime Bill and the Gender Recognition Act and the lessons learned from how both have been conducted and perceived. In short, this episode has everything: political analysis, personal reflections and funny stories.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is the Scottish Justice Secretary, |
| 0:14.1 | Humza Yousaf. This is a fantastic conversation about a whole load of things personal and political |
| 0:20.3 | and religious before I come onto that. Don't forget you can email the show politicalpartypodcast |
| 0:25.2 | at gmail.com. One of the small running themes over the last few months in emails from listeners |
| 0:31.2 | has been unusual places that you've seen politicians. A key to those stories coming in, there's a brilliant |
| 0:36.3 | one there. From Daniel, he says in the late 90s, my family and I were holidaying with friends in |
| 0:43.1 | Tuscany, we once visited the famous hill town of Sam Jiminyano. I hope I've pronounced that right, |
| 0:49.4 | Daniel, and indeed to anyone, to all of you. My little system was at the top of the time and was |
| 0:54.6 | transported at the steep medieval streets in her buggy to the town centre. Daniel, this is brilliant, |
| 1:00.1 | brilliantly written. He says, when we reach the top, my dad retrieved an ice cream and in his |
| 1:05.6 | excitement forgot to set the buggy's break. In a scene similar to the untouchables, my sister |
| 1:11.0 | then began to roll back down the hill we had just climbed, cue hysterical screaming from a gased |
| 1:16.1 | onlookers as my dad realised his mistake and sprinted in vain after my speeding sister. |
| 1:21.6 | Come with the hour, come with the man suddenly, a red head of gentleman leapt out of an nearby shop |
| 1:27.5 | and rugby tackled the runaway buggy. The man was the then leader of the Labour Party Mr Neil |
| 1:32.9 | Kinneck. I was seven at the time and can't quite understand why my parents were so amazed and |
| 1:37.2 | amused afterwards. Now, Daniel, that is a phenomenal story. That's going to take some beating, |
| 1:43.1 | but if you can beat it, if you've ever bumped into a leader of the opposition in Tuscany. When you |
| 1:48.7 | said Tuscany, people all have thought this is going new Labour. I guess it's not far off. |
| 1:54.0 | But if it was the late 90s, Mr Kinneck would not have been leader, but maybe in the sands of time |
| 1:59.6 | in the mists, some details have been lost. There's a phenomenal PS to this. He says, many years later, |
| 2:06.2 | we happened to be parked in front of Neil and Glenn. He said, the Euro tunnel and my mum |
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