Humza riles up Trump allies

DESPITE the £1.2 million, armour-plated, poison gas-proof ‘beast’ car provided for Donald Trump to take refuge behind bullet-proof glass, with tear gas grenade launchers for good measure, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf still seemed neurotically obsessed with safety during the President’s visit to Scotland. His pleas for ‘safe and peaceful’ protests against the Donald were met with derision at Westminster, where people would rather the leader of the UK’s closest ally was not ritually humiliated by giant ‘baby Trump’ balloons. One source grumbled that Mr Yousaf ‘did everything short of reminding people to take water for their dogs’. SPARE a thought for poor Scots Tory spin chief Eddie Barnes, who hails from south of the Border. Not only did he have to watch his team crash out of the World Cup semi-finals last week but Tory colleagues, far from showing pro-Union solidarity, plastered the walls around his desk with Croatian flags and memorabilia. After painstaking research, they even included a picture of TV presenter Adrian Chiles – whose mother is Croatian.