LT folks are at betting shops on Yousaf


I do hope a News Channel
shows the bets..................

he has ben a dead man walking since he took over the leadership. Everyone knew it

Letter to the DT
 

SIR – Humza Yousaf’s miscalculation in ending the SNP’s power-sharing deal
with the Greens would be remarkable were it not so unsurprising. His lack of
political nous has been obvious for some time.

He described the defection of Ash Regan, the former SNP MSP, to the Alba Party
as “no great loss”. Now that she could decide his fate, she must ensure that
she is not “bought off”. Her revenge would benefit everyone in Scotland.

Richard Allison
Edinburgh

Yes LT
but he now says he will work with Ash Regan
or any others from the Alba Party

On new news reports

the vote is meaningless as it has no constitutional weight. Also he could promise the world, but just how exactly is he going to deliver anything :laugh

Did he reaffirm his refusal to resign?

Yes No Change

He will never Resign


That Clip is on Sky News all-day
Screaming Kids picked up by the High Definition Microphone

Desperate Humza has been writing begging letters to party heads :hehe:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMLL0UOX...pg&name=medium

this is the reply from Douglas Ross of the Conservatives

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMLMbzKX...jpg&name=small

Great to see those letters
thanks, LT.

:joker:

ouch!
 

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04...4288991990.jpg
[Alba MSP Ash Regan is yet to
decide how she will vote this week]


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04...4296398390.jpg
[Alex Salmond, a former First Minister,
has called for a deal with the SNP that
would see one pro-independence candidate
stand in each Scottish constituency]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...onfidence.html

[Humza Yousaf is considering quitting
as Scotland's first minister rather
than face two confidence votes,
BBC News understands.

A source close to Mr Yousaf said that
resignation was now an option but
a final decision had not yet been taken.
"The clock has been ticking ever downwards,"
the source told the BBC on Sunday night.

Mr Yousaf has faced a fight for survival
as first minister after abruptly ending
the SNP's power-sharing deal with the
Scottish Greens last Thursday.

He is understood to have ruled out
a deal with Alex Salmond's Alba party, and
his prospect of surviving a vote
of no confidence in his leadership
is now dependent on the Scottish Greens.

He needs the support of at least one member
of the opposition at Holyrood to
survive the vote, which could take place
as early as Wednesday.

The parliamentary bureau, made up of the
presiding officer and MSPs from the
main parties, will decide this week
when the vote takes place and normally
gives two days notice.
Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p91kznz8o

he is going to resign today

it looks likely - the begging letters did not exactly go to plan :laugh:

Humza Yousaf is to resign as Scotland's first minister as early as today, the BBC understands.

The SNP leader is expected to stand down following the collapse of the Bute
House Agreement - his party's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens - on Thursday.

Lol what a disaster

Pretty much his only legacy will be the ridiculous hate speech law

Worrying times indeed for the SNP now.
Is a new leader going to help however.

Plus if he resigns, would the no confidence motion in the SNP government still go ahead?
Because one no confidence motion was as to him.
The other though, was as to the whole SNP as the government.

he will pretty much be compelled to hold a scottish election as his last act. This is the end of SNP domination

Yes Mid Day
he tells us.

Press conf now set at Bute house for 12 midday today...

will this be where he calls MSP's a bunch of see you next tuesdays? :laugh:

Live in Edinburgh

All News Media now

28 Days to find another leader


He is live now

Good he is standing down

28 days to get a new leader

get out useless you have been an abomination

god he talks so much bollocks

He left with his wife,

Refused any questions.

Last Summer


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMU5DWiX...jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMVBtZ6X...jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMVDpcmW...png&name=small

This has simply ever been true, I don't know anyone SNP voter or otherwise who has ever considered Yousaf to be the "legitimate" First Minister of Scotland.

The same is true of the endless shower in England currently. I'm no Boris fan but I can at least say he had legitimacy - Truss and (especially) Sunak have presented themselves with an air of authority that they simply do not realistically have. IMO it's all actually part of why both he Tories and SNP have fallen so far recently. The public is quite clear on not wanting this. Technically we elect a party and the party votes for the head of the party. Technically. "The People" do not see it that way and have made this abundantly clear; the public wants figurehead leaders that were in place when they ticked the box.

yeah, equally, they voted to keep Corbyn out, that was always about the leader of the party. The same is true of Miliband

Yousaf sought deal with Alba Party this morning, claims Salmond
Alex Salmond, the leader of the Alba Party, claimed Humza Yousaf was trying to do a deal to stay in power early this morning.

He said Mr Yousaf “had phoned at half past seven this morning”.

Mr Salmond told the BBC Radio 4 World At One programme: “At half past seven this morning he was trying to do a deal with Alba and complimented the proposals we had made as ‘very reasonable’.

“The reason he didn’t do a deal with Alba is because there were forces within his own party who stopped him doing it. Let’s call them the old guard.”

Mr Salmond also said the next SNP leader should not be appointed via coronation: “I do think the SNP membership should have a choice.”

DT

He's finally done something positive for Scotland.

Forbes giving ‘serious consideration’ to fresh leadership run

It is understood that despite John Swinney indicating he will run to become the next SNP leader, Kate Forbes is giving “serious consideration” to opposing him, writes Daniel Sanderson, our Scotland Correspondent.

The 34-year-old former Finance Secretary is currently weighing up a second leadership bid, after she came close to defeating Humza Yousaf last year, in the face of overwhelming opposition from the party establishment.

“Nobody doubts John’s longstanding commitment to the SNP,” an ally of Ms Forbes said. “But maybe the question to ask is to what extent is he the future?

“Kate said last time continuity won’t cut it, and it didn’t. What is John if not continuity? Kate is still very popular with members and has been vindicated on almost everything she said in the last campaign. She is giving it serious consideration.”