TODAY marks the one-year anniversary of Humza Yousaf winning the SNP leadership contest and we’ve asked members to share how they feel about his…
leadership contest and we’ve asked members to share how they feel about his last 12 months in the top job.Yousaf won in the second round of voting with 52.1% - so how do SNP members feel after a year of Yousaf?
“If he was being given marks out of 10 for his first year, I would award Humza a 6. He had a very hard act to follow in Nicola and, unfortunately, inherited a set of circumstances that would have tested the abilities of any political leader to the hilt. Despite this he never let his head go down and he steadied the ship. He has made mistakes - one of them in my opinion due to being over loyal to a colleague.
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