Ex-Scots boxer blasted over ‘racist’ tweets calling Humza Yousaf ‘as Scottish as England’

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A former Scots boxer has been blasted for sending ‘racist’ tweets branding Humza Yousaf ‘as Scottish as England’. The vile messages were sent from Alex Arthur’s Twitter account on Tuesday - just hours after the Glasgow-born politician was voted the new leader of the SNP.Arthur, 44, who previously stood as a candidate for Alex Salmond’s Alba Party in 2021, said he wants “to see my own people, Scottish people, running Scotland, controlling our affairs”.

In another outburst, he added: “He’s in the ‘Scottish’ parliament complaining everyone of power in Scotland is white.“You think he’s talking about rednecks in Louisiana?

He’s talking about us. Running our own affairs. I don’t want foreign people running my country my ancestors bled for.”The former WBO super featherweight champ added that he’d “rather be lead by a Scotsman” and claimed: “That’s not racism.”After being called out by fellow Twitter users, who branded his messages ‘racist’ and pointed out that Mr Yousaf was born in Scotland’, he replied: “Aye he comes from a long line of Macyousaf’s fi Glasgow. “They just dropped the Mac lie the old clans did back in the day.

He’s from Punjabi immigrants. He’s as Scottish as England.”Outraged social media users swiftly hit back at Arthur, with one writing: “Humza is Scottish.