Back in 1994, Harry Redknapp was in charge of a West Ham side playing against Oxford United in a pre-season friendly. A heavily tattooed fan spent the first half screaming abuse at the West Ham players, and so Redknapp told the man “let’s see if you can play as good as you talk”, sent him away to get stripped and put him on for the second half.
At times, it feels like Nicola Sturgeon has done an ‘Arry with the Scottish NHS. Humza Yousaf, the beleaguered Scottish Health Secretary, might have been plucked randomly from a crowd. As the health crisis deepens and Yousaf’s floundering becomes ever-more apparent, he gives every impression of wishing he was back there.
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