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BBC News Published image captionDerek Jackson was among the men seen wearing yellow stars and making salute gestures A Liberal Party member who confronted the SNP MSP Humza Yousaf at a Glasgow election count has been suspended. Derek Jackson and others, who are not affiliated with the Liberal Democrats, questioned Mr Yousaf about how women and children in Pakistan are treated. Police arrived at the scene and asked them to leave. Mr Yousaf has accused them of targeting ethnic minorities. A spokesman for the Liberal Party said they were not aware Mr Jackson was going to confront Mr Yousaf. T...

THE Glasgow count was the scene of one of the most high-profile contests of the election between the leaders of the SNP and Labour. There was little surprise when Nicola Sturgeon comfortably saw off the challenge from Anas Sarwar in the Glasgow Southside constituency, winning a majority of nearly 9500. It was a pattern that was repeated with SNP MSPs holding their seats in the three other Glasgow constituencies which were declared yesterday. Instead, the main theme at the count, held in the city’s Emirates Arena, was defeating intolerance and bigotry. One of the candidates standin...

Top Story May 8, 2021 GLASGOW: Members of an anti-vaccine party made a “beeline” for Scotland’s Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf at the Glasgow election count – before members of other political parties joined the SNP to confront them. Derek Jackson, a candidate for Glasgow Southside, arrived at the count with supporters wearing black suits, yellow stars and armbands. They claimed their yellow stars were “sheriff’s badges” – though they had “unvax” written on them. Jackson, who is also known as Deek Jackson, is standing for the Liberal Party – a small group unconnected to...

GLASGOW has had the misfortune of witnessing far-right extremists who have tried and failed to gain a foothold in mainstream elected politics. On polling day Nicola Sturgeon was confronted on the street outside a polling station by Jayda Fransen who in 2016 was convicted of religiously aggravated harassment Fransen stood in the Southside seat against Sturgeon and Anas Sarwar. She was told by the first minister that the people of southside would make their views known at the ballot box. When the results came in the people of Southside did exactly that. They overwhelmingly rejected ...

Cops treating Humza Yousaf incident at Glasgow election count as hate crime Scotland's justice secretary claimed he was targeted by an anti-vaccine candidate on Friday because of the "colour of my skin". 18:33, 8 MAY 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information wi...