He will struggle to emulate Nicola Sturgeon’s control of the Scottish National Party, or to recapture her sense of momentum
’s membership stood at 125,000, its ranks swelled by the independence referendum of 2014 and Scots’ anger at the turmoil of Brexit. By 2023 that had shrunk to 72,186, of whom just over 50,000 voted; Mr Yousaf received a total of 52% after two rounds of voting.
In the end the blessing of Ms Sturgeon proved to be mixed. As the “continuity” candidate Mr Yousaf became a lightning rod for disaffection with the’s domestic record after 16 years in power. He became a member of Scotland’s devolved parliament in 2011, at the age of 26, and rose quickly. But a spell as transport minister coincided with criticism of a struggling rail network; as health secretary, he struggled to tame the backlogs that followed the covid-19 pandemic.
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