Scotland’s first Muslim leader hails victory but rival Kate Forbes rejects offer of cabinet post
Humza Yousaf has said becoming Scotland’s first Muslim leader sends a strong message “to every single person out there who feels that they don’t belong”, after he wasBut the first minister’s attempts to reunite his party after a bitter leadership campaign fell at the first hurdle after his main rival,, turned down a position in his cabinet, saying she preferred to support him from the backbenches.
He told the first minister his success was “something our grandparents would never, ever have imagined when they arrived in this country and madeBut all three opposition leaders used brutal criticisms first uttered by fellow candidates in the Scottish National party’s leadership contest to attack Yousaf during the formal election process.
The finance secretary, who is currently on maternity leave until after Easter recess, chose to return to the backbenches rather than accept a new role as rural affairs secretary. These were referenced on Tuesday afternoon by opposition leaders. Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, urged MSPs not to “settle for mediocrity and more of the same”, again referencing the scathing descriptions used by Forbes and the third candidate, Ash Regan, in previous weeks.
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