Humza Yousaf has announced he is stepping down as First Minister of Scotland after his decision to scrap the SNP’s coalition deal with the Scottish Greens prompted his leadership to unravel. ]]>
The first minister says he intends to remain in the role until a new SNP
Humza Yousaf today resigned as First Minister, saying he was not willing to “trade my values and principles simply for retaining power”. He will stay on in office until the SNP can elect a successor. Mr Yousaf was facing two votes of no confidence in the Scottish Parliament this week after last week’s scrapping of the SNP’s coalition with the Greens. He said a way through the votes of confidence was “absolutely possible”. But he had concuded that repairing relationships across the political...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has resigned just days after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change. Yousaf gave an emotional speech today, but his time in power was rocky and short. From finance scandals to a change in hate crime laws, we’re looking at some […]
The search begins for a new first minister of Scotland following Humza
The first minister insisted that the SNP could have found a way to keep running the Scottish Government as a minority with him in charge, but announced he would be returning to the back-benches.
Humza Yousaf has resigned as first minister of Scotland, triggering a leadership contest.
Humza Yousaf has resigned as the first minister of Scotland, saying he was not willing to trade his principles simply to hold on to power.
Humza Yousaf was due to face two votes of no confidence this week following the break down of his ruling coalition.
If Mr Yousaf quits, as anticipated, the SNP will hold its second leadership
Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to resign on Monday after he decided he wouldn’t survive a confidence vote, The Sunday Times reported. Senior Scottish National Party(SNP) members are aware of Humza Yousaf’s decision.Humza Yousaf came under the radar of opposition Conservatives after he decided to end his party’s power-sharing deal with the Greens last Thursday. Humza Yousaf said the cooperation agreement reached after the SNP fell one seat short of a majority in the 2021 election had...
A profile of Humza Yousaf, the SNP leader, who faces a no confidence vote in the Scottish Parliament.