Humza Yousaf, who was facing a no-confidence vote, had also been weakened in recent months by a campaign finance scandal and divisions over transgender rights.
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf resigned as leader of the Scottish National Party on Monday following a fallout with his Greens coalition partners over climate emissions.
“I’ve concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm,” Yousaf said at a press conference in Edinburgh.“I have therefore informed the SNP’s national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a leadership contest for my replacement as soon as possible.”Yousaf, who was facing a no-confidence vote, had also been weakened by a campaign finance scandal and divisions over transgender rights.
The most recent crisis began earlier this month when Yousaf jettisoned Scotland’s goal of cutting carbon emissions by 75 per cent by 2030, then ended a coalition agreement with the Greens and unceremoniously kicked the party’s two representatives out of his cabinet. The latest upheaval in Scotland adds to the fevered political climate of uncertainty in the broader United Kingdom, where concerns about immigration, healthcare and government spending have undermined support for the ruling Conservative Party.
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