Humza Yosuaf was officially sworn in as Scotland’s sixth First Minister on March 29 2023.
While he insists holding the top job in Scottish politics is the “greatest honour” of his life, Humza Yousaf has had a difficult first year as First Minister.
However, speaking earlier this week Mr Yousaf said: “It continues to be the greatest honour of my life, being the First Minister of the country that I’ve been born and raised in, the country I love and the country I’m raising my children in.” That freeze however sparked its own controversy – with Mr Yousaf announcing it to the SNP conference in October without first consulting with local government leaders, leaving them enraged.
More worryingly perhaps, just days after being sworn in, the Police Scotland investigation into SNP finances saw the party’s former chief executive Peter Murrell – Ms Sturgeon’s husband – arrested. That downturn, coupled with a resurgence in support for Scottish Labour, saw Mr Yousaf’s party trounced in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election in October.
Speaking about Mr Yousaf’s first year in charge, elections guru Professor Sir John Curtice told The Herald: “Fundamentally Humza’s problem is he’s a very nice man who’s intellectually able, but he doesn’t have presence. And nobody can give him presence.”
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