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7 months, 3 weeks ago

As men in grey kilts try to anoint John Swinney as leader for a second time… Return of the veteran loser

When John Swinney learned that the axe had fallen on Humza Yousaf’s political career, he took to social media with typical restraint. Comeback: Supporters believe John Swinney can ease party infighting For all his long years as the great survivor of the Nationalist cause, marking 25 years as an MSP this year, Mr Swinney knows only too well what it …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Humza Yousaf is gone – and Labour can’t believe its luck

The Independent

For Keir Starmer, the road to Downing Street has always run through Scotland. Under the first-past-the-post system, Labour officials calculate, every one percentage point on top of a 30 per cent share of the vote nets three extra seats, but hitting 40 per cent allows a party to sweep the board – as the SNP did following the 2014 independence …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Goodbye to Scotland's answer to Liz Truss: How Sturgeon's short-serving, scooter-crashing, gaffe-prone heir has quit as SNP leader after fewer than 400 dismal days in power - brought down by blind pus

Daily Mail

Humza Yousaf bowed out as SNP leader today after fewer than 400 crisis and gaffe-filled days in charge of the country. Humza Yousaf bowed out as First Minister of Scotland today after fewer than 400 crisis and gaffe-filled days in charge of the country. Mr Yousaf's campaign, however, was not without challenge, with the early part taken up by questions …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tearful Humza Yousaf QUITS admitting he cannot survive Holyrood confidence vote and 'underestimated' backlash from axing coalition with Greens - as SNP plunges deeper into chaos

Daily Mail

Humza Yousaf dramatically quit today capping an extraordinary meltdown triggered by sacking his Green coalition partners. Humza Yousaf announced he is resigning after failing to drum up enough support to survive a confidence vote Watched by his wife Nadia in Edinburgh, Mr Yousaf conceded he had 'underestimated' the backlash from ditching the Bute House deal Mr Yousaf walked off after …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

High noon for Humza Yousaf: SNP leader tees up statement at midday 'to quit after conceding he cannot win confidence vote' - capping extraordinary meltdown triggered by sacking Green coalition partner

Daily Mail

Humza Yousaf is on the brink of quitting today amid the extraordinary meltdown triggered by sacking his Green coalition partners. Humza Yousaf arriving at Bute House this morning, having decided over the weekend that there is no way for him to survive as SNP leader Alba defector Ash Regan holds the key vote needed to save Mr Yousaf's job Former …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Humza Yousaf: Scotland's first minister quits ahead of vote

Associated Press

LONDON — Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday, triggering a leadership contest as the governing Scottish National Party seeks to heal internal divisions and strengthen its position ahead of U.K.-wide parliamentary elections expected later this year. The SNP has been the dominant party in Scottish politics for almost two decades and currently holds 43 of Scotland’s 59 seats …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Humza Yousaf: Scotland’s leader resigns after a year in power, putting his pro-independence party in peril

CNN

CNN — Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned barely a year into the role after the collapse of his coalition government, a humbling and chaotic departure that throws Scotland’s ruling pro-independence party into chaos. Yousaf’s coalition government fell apart unexpectedly last week when he tore up a coalition agreement with Green Party lawmakers following a spat over climate policy, …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

SNP chief Humza Yousef 'begs' rivals to save his job in bid to avoid being ousted as First Minister ahead of no-confidence votes

Daily Mail

Humza Yousaf has written humiliating 'begging' letters to opposition leaders in a bid to avoid being ousted as First Minister. Humza Yousaf has written humiliating 'begging' letters to opposition leaders in a bid to avoid being ousted as First Minister Yousaf is desperate to persuade ex-SNP MSP Ash Regan, now the Alba leader at Holyrood, to back him on the …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

'Karma's a TERF': JK Rowling wades into SNP row jibing that Humza Yousaf's fate now rests with Ash Regan who quit party over gender self-ID plans

Daily Mail

JK Rowling has waded into the SNP's meltdown as Humza Yousaf desperately tries to cling on as Scottish First Minister. Rowling said: 'The idea that Humza Yousaf's political fate may now lie in the hands of Ash Regan, the woman who left the SNP in disgust at its plans for gender self-ID, reminds me.' JK Rowling has waded into the …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Humza Yousaf 'cancels speech' as he desperately battles to stave off confidence vote - with JK Rowling jibing that 'Karma's a TERF' as SNP leader faces backing down on gender ID to save his skin

Daily Mail

Humza Yousaf has pulled out of a keynote speech today as he fights to save his political skin. Humza Yousaf was branded a 'lame duck First Minister' after he announced a major U-turn by scrapping the Bute House Agreement despite previously being its biggest cheerleader within the SNP Alba MSP Ash Regan is yet to decide how she will vote …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Powerful Regan could be the kingmaker

Daily Mail

Humza Yousaf once described her as ‘no great loss’ when she left the party. But now former SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan could become kingmaker next week as Humza Yousaf faces a vote of no confidence. Ms Regan has been described as ‘powerful’ by Alba Party leader Alex Salmond, while JK Rowling said her position was ‘karma’ for the First …

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11 months, 1 week ago

First minister Humza Yousaf says vote SNP for Tory-free Scotland

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, is expected to urge Scotland to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Key points in Humza Yousaf’s speech to the SNP conference

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Yousaf said this would be subject to “due diligence” and would fund infrastructure …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Why Scotland is so important for Labour to avoid a hung parliament

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The elections expert said the 20 per cent swing from the SNP to Labour was …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Scottish Tory leader Ross hits out at ‘danger’ posed by Yousaf

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Humza Yousaf only thinks of his own backyard: Douglas Ross

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Ross will say that …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘The SNP is in crisis’: Scotland’s Humza Yousaf’s first 100 days

Al Jazeera

Humza Yousaf took over the Scottish ruling party following the shock resignation of former leader Nicola Sturgeon. “Humza Yousaf has inherited a very different party compared with the party Nicola Sturgeon inherited from Alex Salmond.” The pro-Scottish independence SNP has been the dominant political force in Scotland since 2007 when the left-wing party secured victory at the devolved Scottish Parliament …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Scottish Tories make bid to force statement on SNP finances

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking ahead of the debate, Mr Ross said: “These questions are not going away …

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1 year, 8 months ago

SNP latest news: Humza Yousaf insists Scottish National Party not going bankrupt amid Nicola Sturgeon fears

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Ex-Scotland PM Nicola Sturgeon's husband arrested for 'misappropriation' of £600,000 from party fund

Firstpost

It comes just a week after Humza Yousaf was legally sworn in as Scotland’s sixth first minister - replacing Sturgeon after her shock resignation in February. The SNP’s political opponents have called for full transparency from Yousaf and Sturgeon Edinburgh: In connection with an investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party, husband of former PM of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Humza Yousaf sworn in as Scotland’s leader as bid for unity falters

The Hindu

Humza Yousaf was sworn in as Scotland’s new leader on Wednesday in a ceremony that blended formal tradition with his Pakistani heritage at Scotland’s highest court, the Court of Session in Edinburgh, as his family watched on. Mr. Yousaf narrowly won a leadership race on Monday after a bruising contest that followed the surprise resignation last month of Nicola Sturgeon, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistani-origin Humza Yousaf is the newest leader to remake UK politics

Firstpost

London: The jury is out on whether Humza Yousaf can deliver independence for Scotland. One of the new SNP leader’s chief adversaries in the Edinburgh parliament will be Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, who is also of Pakistani heritage. That sends “a powerful message to the world about how much public life in Britain has changed, to an extent unparalleled …

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1 year, 8 months ago

A Brief History of Scotland: Why new leader Humza Yousaf faces an uphill task on independence

Firstpost

Scotland has been a part of Great Britain since 1707. The UK’s top court in November ruled a second independence Humza Yousaf, the new leader of the Scottish National Party, has vowed to ‘deliver independence’. Yousaf, a Pakistani-origin Member of the Scottish Parliament, will replace Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s new First Minister. The SNP’s position The left-wing, nationalist Scottish National …

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1 year, 8 months ago

JK Rowling warns Humza Yousaf he'll 'disappear through the ice' behind Nicola Sturgeon in gender row

Daily Mail

JK Rowling warned new SNP leader Humza Yousaf he will follow Nicola Sturgeon into the political wilderness today after he vowed to continue her controversial gender reform battle with Westminster. Humza Yousaf will be installed as Scotland's new First Minister today after scraping home in the SNP leadership battle yesterday Nicola Sturgeon officially tendered her resignation to the King this …

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As men in grey kilts try to anoint John Swinney as leader for a second time… Return of the veteran loser

Humza Yousaf is gone – and Labour can’t believe its luck

Goodbye to Scotland's answer to Liz Truss: How Sturgeon's short-serving, scooter-crashing, gaffe-prone heir has quit as SNP leader after fewer than 400 dismal days in power - brought down by blind pus

Tearful Humza Yousaf QUITS admitting he cannot survive Holyrood confidence vote and 'underestimated' backlash from axing coalition with Greens - as SNP plunges deeper into chaos

High noon for Humza Yousaf: SNP leader tees up statement at midday 'to quit after conceding he cannot win confidence vote' - capping extraordinary meltdown triggered by sacking Green coalition partner

Humza Yousaf: Scotland's first minister quits ahead of vote

Humza Yousaf: Scotland’s leader resigns after a year in power, putting his pro-independence party in peril

SNP chief Humza Yousef 'begs' rivals to save his job in bid to avoid being ousted as First Minister ahead of no-confidence votes

'Karma's a TERF': JK Rowling wades into SNP row jibing that Humza Yousaf's fate now rests with Ash Regan who quit party over gender self-ID plans

Humza Yousaf 'cancels speech' as he desperately battles to stave off confidence vote - with JK Rowling jibing that 'Karma's a TERF' as SNP leader faces backing down on gender ID to save his skin

Powerful Regan could be the kingmaker

First minister Humza Yousaf says vote SNP for Tory-free Scotland

Key points in Humza Yousaf’s speech to the SNP conference

Why Scotland is so important for Labour to avoid a hung parliament

Scottish Tory leader Ross hits out at ‘danger’ posed by Yousaf

Humza Yousaf only thinks of his own backyard: Douglas Ross

‘The SNP is in crisis’: Scotland’s Humza Yousaf’s first 100 days

Scottish Tories make bid to force statement on SNP finances

SNP latest news: Humza Yousaf insists Scottish National Party not going bankrupt amid Nicola Sturgeon fears

Ex-Scotland PM Nicola Sturgeon's husband arrested for 'misappropriation' of £600,000 from party fund

Humza Yousaf sworn in as Scotland’s leader as bid for unity falters

Pakistani-origin Humza Yousaf is the newest leader to remake UK politics

A Brief History of Scotland: Why new leader Humza Yousaf faces an uphill task on independence

JK Rowling warns Humza Yousaf he'll 'disappear through the ice' behind Nicola Sturgeon in gender row