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| Humza Yousaf live updates: Scotland's first minister to resign 'as early as Monday' - BBC News |
Humza Yousaf live updates: Scotland's first minister to resign 'as early as Monday' - BBC News |
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David Wallace Lockhart | Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla have arrived at Bute House in Edinburgh, the official residence of the first minister. |
Political correspondent | Yousaf will make a statement at 12.00 BST. He is expected to announce his resignation. |
So if Humza Yousaf falls on his sword, who comes next? | |
An obvious name is Kate Forbes. She narrowly lost to | |
Humza Yousaf in the SNP leadership contest which saw him become leader. | |
While the Scottish Greens don't like her stance on a | |
number of social issues, it's possible she could govern by doing deals elsewhere | |
with other parties. | |
I'm hearing from the Scottish Conservatives that they | |
could work with Ms Forbes in some policy areas, but would want to see | |
independence take a back seat. | |
Another name doing the rounds is that of the former | |
deputy first minister John Swinney. | |
He's widely seen as an experienced, popular, safe pair of | |
hands in the party. But he didn't want the job last time round. Have things | |
changed? | |
Stephen Flynn, the party's Westminster leader, is a big | |
name in the party. He can't be first minister from Westminster, but he could | |
technically lead the SNP if Humza Yousaf goes as party leader. | |
Though a party leader at Westminster and a separate first | |
minister at Holyrood could all get a bit complicated. | |
Other names being reported include Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth and Health Secretary Neil Gray. | |
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