Sense of balance
How is Humza Yousaf taking over as Scotland boss? At the sight of this photo, his detractors will certainly say that he struggles, and his admirers that he applies himself. The truth is unfortunately much less thrilling. On April 5, the Scottish Prime Minister, leader of the independence party and successor to Nicola Sturgeon, simply visited a new medical center in Glasgow and took the opportunity to test the facilities, at the same time than his sense of balance.
Plaid to wear
That day, Humza Yousaf wore one of his signature ties around his neck. Failing to wear a kilt on a daily basis, as he did when he entered the Scottish Parliament in 2016, the native of Glasgow of Indo-Pakistani origin and of Muslim faith likes to display his pride in being Scottish by collecting plaid ties. This gives us the opportunity to remember that not all plaids are tartans: indeed, the term “plaid” refers to any checked fabric, while “tartan” refers to the few checked fabrics belonging to specifically to Scottish clans.
No Surprise Pouch
Still in the accessories department, note, on Humza Yousaf’s jacket, the presence of a strip of purple silk protruding from his chest pocket. Obviously, this is a damn sham pocket, present at the purchase of the costume and sewn in a fixed way. Let’s be frank: in the hierarchy of the horrors of masculine elegance, this coquetry of operetta dandyism, and unfortunately increasingly widespread, is extremely high, somewhere between the colored buttonhole and the micro shirt collar. . Even slightly above.
Straight line
Alongside the Scottish Prime Minister, a woman oversees the smooth running of operations. The color of her tunic, called cornflower, or “cornflower”, tells us that she is a nurse. But this garment gives us another piece of information, much more useful when you don’t plan to set foot in a Scottish hospital: shirts ending in a straight bottom, like here, are designed to be left on pants; while the shirts with curved bottoms, called liquettes, are precisely designed to be stuck in the pants and not move.
At the end of the race
In a corner of this small room is also a treadmill. If the mere sight of it sends shivers down your spine, know that it is not entirely abnormal. Called treadmill in English, this machine was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in England, and first installed in prisons. At the time, these mats allowed prison officials to torture prisoners while putting them to work: by running on the installation, prisoners activated a mechanism that allowed them to crush the corn.