Scots will find out today who the country's next First Minister will be after a long and fractious SNP leadership race
Perhaps the most dramatic moment in the leadership campaign has been the resignation of Peter Murrell, who had served as SNP chief executive for almost 25 years – and is married to Sturgeon.
He quit with immediate effect after the party initially rubbished reports that its membership had dropped by 30,000 – with the then-SNP head of communicationsIn an embarrassing U-turn, the party then admitted that as of February 15 this year, its membership was at 72,186 – down from 103,884 in 2021.In a bad-tempered STV debate
, Forbes hit out at the record in Government of Yousaf saying: “You were a transport minister and the trains were never on time, when you were justice secretary the police were stretched to breaking point, and now as health minister we’ve got record-high waiting times.
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