Introducing the Hate Crime and Public Order Act has proved to be a disastrous move for Scottish First Minister and leader of the hard-left Scottish National Party (SNP), Humza Yousaf.

A large proportion of the first 4,000 hate crime complaints, submitted after the law came into effect at the beginning of this month, were rather humiliatingly directed at Yousaf himself. Polling released over the weekend also suggests that in the few weeks that the hate crime law has been in place, Yousaf’s popularity has plunged among Scots—including among SNP voters.

Findlay this week told his colleagues that the law “has transformed Scotland into a place of international mockery … where contentious discussions and disagreements in your own home can result in a knock at the door from the police. Where every single complaint, no matter how groundless or absurd, is subject to police investigation, while despairing officers are being told not to pursue real crimes.”

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