29 April 2024 - Humza Yousaf considers quitting as Scotland's first minister
Humza Yousaf considers quitting as Scotland’s first minister
Libby Brooks (The Guardian, 29/04/2024)
Humza Yousaf is considering quitting as Scotland’s first minister as the prospect of winning a vote of confidence becomes increasingly uncertain.
The Guardian understands that a final decision has not yet been made, but that it could come within the next day.
Humza Yousaf won’t be the last leader to be forced to the brink by impossible promises
John Rentoul (The Independent, 27/04/2024)
"I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. Neil Kinnock’s words echo down the decades: “You start with far-fetched resolutions,” he said, confronting the Trotskyists who ran Liverpool. “They are then pickled,” he said, and you end, in words that Labour modernisers recite as a creed, “in the grotesque chaos”.
Humza Yousaf is fighting for his political life – but here’s why you shouldn’t expect a snap election in Scotland
Murray Leith (The Conversation, 26/04/2024)
Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister, has suddenly terminated the Bute House agreement, the pact between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens, which ensured a majority for the Scottish government in the Scottish parliament.
How a climate U-turn broke the Scottish government
Charlie Cooper (Politico, 25/04/2024)
It was meant to make Scotland a green world leader.
But the country’s ambitious climate targets — and the Edinburgh government’s failure to keep up with them — triggered the break-up of the country's governing coalition and left the ruling Scottish National Party limping on as a minority administration.