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Alex Salmond brands Humza Yousaf a ‘pet poodle’ for letting Stone of Scone leave Scotland
Story by Daniel Sanderson • Yesterday 21:09
First Minister Humza Yousaf took part in the ceremony that saw the Stone of Scone sent down to London for the Coronation – Russell Cheyne/PA© Russell Cheyne/PA
Alex Salmond has branded Humza Yousaf a “pet poodle” for allowing the Stone of Destiny to leave Scotland.
The former first minister said that if he still led the Scottish government, the ancient artefact “wouldn’t be going anywhere” and that he would have ordered Police Scotland to block its departure.
He also attacked Mr Yousaf’s participation in a ceremony that saw the Stone of Destiny leave Scotland so the King could be crowned upon it, accusing him of squandering a golden opportunity to gain international publicity for the separatist cause.
Mr Salmond claimed that the new First Minister should have held the stone to ransom, only allowing its departure if the UK Government recognised Scotland’s right to hold a new independence referendum.
He claimed that Mr Yousaf looked “like some sort of pet poodle parading on behind” the Stone of Destiny at a departure ceremony at Edinburgh Castle last week.