Yousaf is expected to quit today and senior party figures want Swinney to step up.
SNP heavyweight John Swinney has fuelled speculation he will be the next First Minister in the wake of Humza Yousaf's expected resignation.
Back then, he said: "Unreservedly, absolutely, in no circumstances, there is no way of you configuring any signal I am possibly giving you, to say anything other than 'no.'
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