The First Minister reportedly told mutinous colleagues to quit the party if they weren’t prepared to support his predecessor.
“One of the things the SNP profited from is that when Labour set up the Scottish Parliament, they didn’t send any of their A-listers there.”
Having run as her heir, he seems unable or unwilling to put enough distance between his regime and hers if the fraud investigation blows up.
Scottish Government also ploughs more money into Ferguson Marine despite conceding it would be cheaper to start from scratch at another yard.
Her performance at the Coronation won the Leader of the House an adoring public, and indicated that despite her many critics she is still a potential successor to Sunak.
For years, the ravages of the Scottish Government’s failures have not shown up in the Nationalists’ polling. But the spell has broken.
His laudable focus on immediate priorities cannot forever excuse failing to address the big strategic challenges facing Britain.
What party leader doesn’t know it needed a £100,000 loan – and what spouse doesn’t know their partner made one?
Yousaf’s critics already did not lack for boldness, and they will now be empowered to mount further assaults on Sturgeon’s allies and legacy.
It represents the biggest opportunity for the Conservatives to show we can build a stronger, greener, and more prosperous Scotland.
Out of step on economics, slated for her religious views, and running against the hierarchy’s anointed candidate, she took 48 per cent of the vote.
Lies from party HQ about membership numbers have sparked in some quarters fears of ballot rigging.
It’s remarkable the Nationalist hierarchy thought it could get away with not saying how many eligible voters there were in the leadership contest.
The end of the iron discipline which made any criticism of the leadership unthinkable has exposed the deep divisions within the party and kicked off its vicious civil war.
Labour’s other problem is that on every issue bar independence, there isn’t room to put a cigarette paper between their approach and the SNP’s