• SNP leadership: Joanna Cherry warns against 'stitch up' over successor to Humza Yousaf

    Edinburgh South West SNP MP Joanna Cherry has warned against a “stitch up” over Humza Yousaf’s successor as SNP leader and First Minister. As leading party figures rally behind former Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who has said he is “seriously considering” putting his name forward, Ms Cherry said the new leader should be chosen by members, not “men in grey suits” and argued the party needed “a complete reset”. Mr Swinney - who was SNP leader from 2000 until 2004 - has already been backed...