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Alistair Grant is political editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

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Kate Forbes confirms she is considering running for SNP leadership after Humza Yousaf resignation

The former finance secretary said she has ‘a groundswell of support’ in the party

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Kate Forbes confirms she is considering running for SNP leadership

The former finance secretary said she has ‘a groundswell of support’ in the party

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Humza Yousaf's extraordinary miscalculation will go down in Holyrood history

The First Minister was visibly emotional as he announced his resignation

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Humza Yousaf’s position increasingly unstable as MPs warn against deal with Salmond

Mr Salmond said his Alba Party could help get the First Minister ‘out of a very tight corner’

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Humza Yousaf’s political future hangs by a thread. What might happen next?

Will the First Minister be able to cling on? And what happens if he resigns?

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Greens say they won’t save Humza Yousaf as Alex Salmond extends a hand

Lorna Slater, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens, said Mr Yousaf needed to ‘face the consequences’

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SNP leader Humza Yousaf says he will not resign as First Minister amid no confidence motions

The First Minister insisted he was confident of winning the vote

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Humza Yousaf and SNP in crisis: 'Humza the Brief'? The First Minister teeters on the brink of pol...

Mr Yousaf’s decision to end the Bute House Agreement has blown up in his face

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Humza Yousaf faces no-confidence vote as he denies being 'lame-duck leader' of SNP as Greens deal...

The Bute House Agreement was terminated by First Minister Humza Yousaf

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Strikes Scotland: Council workers back vote on strikes if imminent pay offer is too low

A ballot of GMB Scotland members revealed huge support for a formal vote on industrial action

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Safety inspections at Scotland’s historic sites ‘90 per cent completed’

Dozens of high-profile attractions were closed in 2021 and 2022

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SNP backbenchers rebel over plans for juryless rape trials

Six SNP MSPs abstained rather than vote for the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill

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