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Newly appointed leader of the Scottish National Party , Humza Yousaf speaks and have elected the current Scottish Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, as their party’s next leader
, albeit by a much narrower margin than might have been expected. In the short term at least this should help steady the nationalist ship, which has taken something of a battering during the contest to succeed Nicola Sturgeon. But whether over the longer term Mr Yousaf will be able to steer a successful course towards independence looks highly uncertain.
. Meanwhile, the Scottish Greens – the SNP’s junior coalition partners in the Scottish Government – should be willing to serve under a First Minister who backs the stalled gender recognition legislation and who talks of the need for a “wellbeing” economy. However, as all the candidates in the leadership contest acknowledged during the campaign, the SNP will never be able to win a referendum on independence, whenever it might come, unless they have persuaded a clear and consistent majority of Scots of the merits of the idea. However, in recent weeks support for independence isTrouble is, polling during the leadership contest has shown there is relatively little enthusiasm for Mr Yousaf among those currently opposed to independence.
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