Scotland SNP braced for leadership result after contest opens up profound divisions
The Guardian|March 25, 2023
The Scottish National party is braced for the outcome of a tumultuous leadership contest that has seen profound policy divisions emerge between the candidates, exposing to what extent the wider membership subscribes to Nicola Sturgeon's progressive consensus.
Libby Brooks
Scotland SNP braced for leadership result after contest opens up profound divisions

A series of flashpoints over LGBTQ+ rights, Westminster's veto of Holyrood law, and environmental and economic policy have brought younger, equality-driven activists to the brink of resigning their party memberships and threatened the breakup of the SNP's governing alliance with the Scottish Greens.

On Monday afternoon, the party will learn who its 72,000 members have chosen to succeed Sturgeon as leader after her shock resignation last month. Humza Yousaf, now widely regarded as the frontrunner, has pledged to continue the equalities agenda that defined the Sturgeon era.

His main rival, Kate Forbes, an evangelical Christian whose opposition to abortion and equal marriage nearly derailed her campaign in its first week, has been highly critical of the outgoing first minister's record, challenging her model of progressive taxation and an urgent transition away from oil and gas exploration.

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