Minister: Border protesters are morons

Justice minister Humza Yousaf yesterday branded demonstrators at the Scottish border protesting against English people holidaying in Scotland as “horrible, vile and reprehensible”.

The 10 activists from Glasgow, Stirling and Fife broadcast the demo live on Facebook, where they could be heard calling on holidaymakers to stay out of Scotland and yelling “plague carriers” at caravans. A banner was fixed to the A1 “Welcome to Scotland” road sign, which read: “Staycation. Keep Scotland Covid-free”. Police confirmed officers had spoken to the demonstrators to offer “advice”. Some of the organisers claimed to be SNP members but, on Twitter, Mr Yousaf said the protesters should have no place in the nationalist movement and condemned their demo. He said: “Luckily these morons don’t represent the Scotland I know and love.”