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Brian Taylor: Yousaf could have survived but he shot himself in the foot Herald Yousaf piece To adapt a line from the Scottish play, nothing in office became Humza Yousaf like the leaving it. His declared departure was dignified and emotive. One can only express personal empathy. Reaching this conclusion must have been exceptionally difficult after only a year as First Minister. Eventually, though, he was brought down by arithmetic and animosity. By arithmetic in the Scottish Parliament where he had shed the support of the Greens and did not relish the prospect of relying upon Ash Regan, the former SNP leadership contender who defected to Alex Salmond’s Alba party. By animosity – aimed at him from the exasperated and infuriated Greens. On Thursday morning, he peremptorily ended the Bute House agreement and, in so doing, expelled the two Green Ministers from government. Understandably, they were somewhat upset. Yes, they had already begun their own review of the pact, unhappy with the Scottish Government’s decision to abandon interim climate change targets. But there might have been a reconciliation – or perhaps an agreed loosening of the deal. Instead, Humza Yousaf shattered the pact himself. Mr Yousaf knows – he knows – that this was a blunder. It infuriated the Greens when a more emollient approach might have worked. He lost their trust. They regarded his actions as betrayal.
To adapt a line from the Scottish play, nothing in office became Humza Yousaf like the leaving it. His declared departure was dignified and emotive. One can only express personal empathy. Reaching this conclusion must have been exceptionally difficult after only a year as First Minister.
Eventually, though, he was brought down by arithmetic and animosity. By arithmetic in the Scottish Parliament where he had shed the support of the Greens and did not relish the prospect of relying upon Ash Regan, the former SNP leadership contender who defected to Alex Salmond’s Alba party.
By animosity – aimed at him from the exasperated and infuriated Greens. On Thursday morning, he peremptorily ended the Bute House agreement and, in so doing, expelled the two Green Ministers from government. Understandably, they were somewhat upset.
Yes, they had already begun their own review of the pact, unhappy with the Scottish Government’s decision to abandon interim climate change targets. But there might have been a reconciliation – or perhaps an agreed........
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