Humza Yousaf has announced his resignation as SNP leader and Scotland's first minister following the fallout from his decision to end the SNP's powersharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.
Humza Yousaf's decision to sack the Green Party from his coalition ultimately triggered a series of events that sealed his political fate, our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies reports.'It was the biggest political miscalculation of his career that sealed the fate of the first minister,' he said, speaking after Mr Yousaf announced he will step down .Ending the three-year powersharing deal at Holyrood was a 'fatal mistake' which saw the 'walls come closing in'.
'No confidence votesNo confidence motions were looming at the Scottish parliament later this week, and he was facing wipeout and a backlash of 'no' votes from the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, who were furious. 'And then at that stage there was a suggestion that the ALBA party, Alex Salmond's party, would prop up the SNP government with their one MSP, Ash Regan,' Gillies added. 'That was just a step too far.
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Humza Yousaf Resigns As Scottish First Minister And SNP LeaderNed Simons is politics news editor for HuffPost UK based in London. He can be reached by email at ned.simonshuffpost.com or on Twitter nedsimons.
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