Humza Yousaf announced his resignation as Scotland's first minister on Monday, before he was due to face two confidence votes this week sparked by his ditching of junior coalition partners in a row over climate policy. ...
The Tories, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens had all said they would vote against him in the personal vote, forcing him to seek the backing of the sole lawmaker from the pro-independence Alba party.
Yousaf managed to burn quite a path through Scots politics in his 13 months as First Minister. JK Rowling depantsed Yousaf a few weeks ago over his "hate speech" law, which promptly turned into a debacle as practically everyone in Scots politics tried to sic police on everyone else. The SNP should have ridden high after Brexit, but instead has found new ways of shooting themselves in the foot.
But Yousaf's abrupt departure does leave a critical gap: whatever will Beege write about now? I kid, I kid ...
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