The decision of SNP members to elect Humza Yousaf as their new leader is a blow to the Scottish independence movement. After eight and a half years of Nicola Sturgeon the SNP is now under the stewardship of a man with a net approval rating among voters of a pitiful -20 per cent. And let me tell you, he’s put the work in to achieve that.
Yousaf will become First Minister during a special meeting at Holyrood today. This will be his reward for a ministerial career littered with screw-ups.
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