He appears to be a people pleaser and I don’t think he’ll be in post too long other more powerful and competent individuals are waiting in the wings. He clearly lacks the required leadership skills and his first 100 days or so in power have been marked by dithering and indecisiveness.

Yousaf’s performance in previous ministerial appointments had been underwhelming up until then and so it has proved again as First Minister. It was a bad-tempered affair and in the end Humza Yousaf, the self-proclaimed “continuity candidate”, won the day. A lot was a stake because whoever won would also become by default the First Minister. Next, around the time all of this was happening there was an SNP leadership election, prompted by Ms Surgeon’s resignation. I should stress that none of them have been charged with any offence at this stage it’s an active investigation and I have no desire to fall foul of Scottish contempt of court laws and be detained at His Majesty’s pleasure in one of his less salubrious institutions. During this time and at various stages former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigned as party leader, has been arrested and questioned by Police Scotland, and the house that she and her husband share has been searched.Īlso arrested has been her husband, Peter Murrell, former Chief Executive of the SNP, and party treasurer Colin Beattie. Their investigation, Operation Branchform as it is called, has now been ongoing for two years.

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