Humza Yousaf has said he is not ruling out a snap Holyrood election as a route to independence
The minister was also asked if he or anyone in his family had used private healthcare to which he replied “No.” When pressed by presenter Geissler with “ever?”, Yousaf again said no.Yousaf on gaining endorsement from the Deputy First Minister John Swinney
“I think anybody would bite John Swinney’s hand off for that endorsement, and of course, that coming just before the ballot drop in inboxes and letterboxes across the country, I would urge our members to listen to, as I say, a giant of our movement and get on that email, follow the link and put me down as First Minister."
“I am my own man, and I will do things my own way. I have my own leadership approach, I have a lot of admiration for the excellent work thathas done as First Minister, and she had a certain leadership approach – mine would be less inner circle, and more big tent harnessing the talent right across our party to make sure we are a team to deliver independence.
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