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The wheels have well and truly come off the self-confessed Middle East “expert.” Normally lightning-fast to fire off hot takes on anything vaguely related to Middle Eastern foreign affairs, you’d think we’d be drowning in enthusiastic quips about Iran right now, you know, the people risking their lives for democratic change, pushing back against the human-rights-abusing, maniacal state run by the Ayatollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran. But no. Silence. Not the thoughtful kind, the deafening kind. And really, that tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of “democratic” Yousaf.

A decision by former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf to give all prison inmates free mobile phones when he was justice minister cost the taxpayer £6m before it was scrapped. A Scottish Prison Service report said prisoners used illicit Sim cards to bypass restrictions and rack up more than 8,000 security breaches — including drug deals and the fire-bombing of family homes. Another report reveals there was significant bullying of vulnerable prisoners into handing over their mobiles to other convicts.