Scotland’s first minister resigns after failing to muster enough votes to survive a no confidence vote this week
This is what Humza Yousaf said in his resignation statement about why he quit. Last week I stood here to announce the ending of the cooperation agreement between the SNP, and the Greens, the Bute House agreement, and that the SNP would seek to government as a minority government. I made that decision as leader of the SNP because I believed ending the Bute House agreement was the right one for the party I lead, and I still do believe that to be the case.
But most importantly, I believe it was the right decision for the country. My hope was to continue working with the Greens in a less formal agreement as the SNP moved into a new phase of minority government. Unfortunately, in ending the Bute House agreement in the manner that I did, I clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset I caused Green colleagues.
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