The former SNP leader spoke candidly about his turbulent year in power during a talkshow at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Humza Yousaf has admitted he "f**cked up" over how he ended a powersharing deal between the SNP and Greens at Holyrood.
Speaking at an All Talk with Iain Dale performance at the Pleasance, Yousaf said he had always tried to stick to the principle of "own your mistakes" during his political career. The Greens announced in April they would allow their members a vote on whether the powersharing deal should continue after the Scottish Government pushed back key climate change targets.
"The miscalculation I made, is you tend to make your mistakes when you think like a politician in a political bubble and you forget the human dimension.
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