First Minister Humza Yousaf poses with first cabinet made up of loyal supporters amid SNP civil war

Mr Yousaf unveiled the country's first executive with a female majority after taking the oath to the King at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. But it was the absent faces that told the story of his ascent.

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