Former finance secretary, who was narrowly beaten by Humza Yousaf in last year’s SNP leadership contest, has announced that she will not stand this time
6h agoThe SNP is keeping the contest open until noon on Monday 6 May on the off-chance a rebel party member puts their names forward. If no other candidate emerges, it is thought Yousaf could formally resign as first minister as early as next Tuesday, and allow Swinney to take the oath the following day.
Backers such as Michelle Thomson and Ivan McKee, the MSPs, were extremely keen that she ran but there has been an acceptance within her team of her reasoning for deciding not to enter the race. For all the government’s fanfare, we know the unaffordable and unworkable Rwanda plan won’t fix this chaos. It is costing half a billion pounds and will only cover a few hundred people a year, less than half of those who arrived on a single day this week., the home secretary, has condemned people trying to stop a coach removing asylum seekers from a hotel in Peckham, and taking them to the Bibby Stockholm barge, as students “posing for social media”.
I was also greatly heartened by his drive to restore a sense of courtesy and dignity to the way we conduct ourselves as a party and as a parliament. If we want to rewin the trust of the people, tone and language matter in the way we conduct ourselves. But more than that, John is clear that he is determined to return the SNP to governing from the mainstream. Competent, candid government earning the trust of the people.
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