Mr Yousaf announced he would resign four days after he tore up the power-sharing agreement he had with the Scottish Greens.
The SNP was plunged into turmoil yesterday after Humza Yousaf dramatically quit as First Minister - helping to clear Sir Keir Starmer 's path to No 10.
Labour leader Keir Starmer. Mr Yousaf's resignation and the party's other difficulties are likely to give Labour a major boost in the forthcoming general election – and could set the Scottish independence cause back a generation Labour peer and former Scotland minister Lord Foulkes of Cumnock said the SNP's leadership chaos would mean it losing seats to Labour. 'There's a tipping point that if we go one or two points further, not very many, we could win many, many more seats. It's very good from the Westminster election point of view.'
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross urged the next First Minister to 'abandon the nationalist obsession with independence and focus solely on Scotland's top priorities, such as creating jobs and improving our ailing public services'
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