Hope you had a cracking weekend. What a weekend its been because its a long time in politics. 48 hours humza yousaf on friday at close of play said i vow to fight on now hes had it. Hes history. Hes history. Hes history. Hes stepping down. Finally face the music. What next for scotland . Will they ditch at last . The trans politics, the hate crime stuff and the net zero zealotry . Or is that too much to hear for get in touch all the usual ways, and theres a new way to do that. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay. Ive just logged in. Youll see my ugly mush. Leave some replies, keep them clean. Ill leave and ill them clean. Ill leave and ill read out a few before the end of the show. Loads of gets stuck into. But first its time for your latest News Headlines. Very good afternoon to you. Its just after 3 00 and we start with the latest developments in our top story this afternoon, that a contest for a new snp leader will now take place, after the Scottis
Announced his resignation. Last week i stood here announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce the announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce the ending l i stood here to announce the ending of the Cooperation Agreement between the snp and the greens. And the snp would seek to govern as a Minority Government. I made that decision as leader of the snp as i believed and then Bute House Agreement was the right one for the party i lead, and i still do believe that to be the case, but most importantly i believe it was the right decision for the country. My hope was to continue working with the greens in a less formal agreements as the snp moved into a new face of Minority Governments. Unfortunately, in ending the Bute House Agreement in the manner that i did i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused my green colleagues.
Turbulence, and it turns so it is scotlands turn for a blast of political turbulence, and it turns out westminster does not have a monopoly on these things. Today matters, of course, for scotlands governess but it matters if you are in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk, and that is because of the size of the snps political footprint. That is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. Well, it is for scotland and the Scottish Parliament to decide who the First Minister is. But what is happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping. People in scotland are realising that Public Services are worse. The scottish people have been fundamentally let down. One in seven are on waiting list, there is a Cost Of Living crisis, and all the snp can offer is chaos. We have to turn the page on this now. We need an election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, the General Election. It could be a sticky moment at any time for the snp but it is particularly one with a General El
Greens. I think they would trust john swinney. He could have had it last year. He didnt want it, he wants a more peaceful time, more time with his family, genuinely. But he could perhaps be persuaded there is a service to be done to his party and to the nation. He could perhaps be cajoled or stop other than that there are senior members of the scottish cabinet, neil gray, who could be contenders but perhaps scottish cabinet, neil gray, who could be contenders but Perhaszohn Swinney could hold the fort for a while until the snp decide and determine what their future planning is. ,. , determine what their future planning is. , determine what their future planning is. Lets go back to westminster and our political is. Lets go back to westminster and our political respondent is. Lets go back to westminster and our political respondent nick is. Lets go back to westminster and our political respondent nick early. I our political respondent nick early. Under the law they have 28 days to choo
The same again worth of media. Its a really busy Little Corner of edinburgh thats waiting to see what is going to be happening, what is going to be said. And obviously the huge expectation is that humza yousaf is going to resign and we are going to head into that crucial 28 day period where scotland, scotlands national party, needs that new leader and certainly a few names already. We havent even had the statement yet , and even had the statement yet, and already were hearing a few names. The likes of john swinney, who is Nicola Sturgeons deputy first minister. Weve also heard angus robertson, who is obviously one of the more established snp members up here in scotland, and then of course , kate forbes. She then of course, kate forbes. She had a crack last time. She just narrowly missed out to humza yousaf. But indeed, afterjust 13 months, we are now likely to be seeing the end of Humza Yousafs tenure as first minister of scotland. Tony, well stop it there and well take it live this is