The SNP’s future hinges on today’s conference speech by Humza Yousaf, which will be key to the party’s success
, not least the fact that the main hall is significantly smaller than the one it booked last year in the same venue., the party was riding high in the polls despite so many years in power at Holyrood, and there was even a date for a second Scottish independence referendum planned: 19 October 2023.going ahead at this time, Ms Sturgeon has quit and the party has been rocked by the ongoing police investigation into its finances – all of which has led to the SNP losing support among Scots.
Today’s conference speech by Humza Yousaf will be a key moment, as he urgently needs to draw a line under theand set about reversing its polling decline, which as it stands looks likely to help Labour on its way to a Westminster majority. To do this, the First Minister knows he needs to stop talking about the processes of securing indyref2 and focus relentlessly on pressing issues such as the NHS and the cost of living, which seem certain to decide the next general election.has what it takes to turn the SNP ship around. For some at the conference, there is a sense of foreboding that the party’s high water mark has been reached.
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