> “We’ve already had a vote,” Yousaf told journalists. “I, of course, stood on an election platform myself, just over a year ago, about maintaining the Green co-operation deal.”
> He went on: “And of course I’ll continue to seek my colleagues’ and indeed members’ input into all policies within government.
> “But I don’t think a vote is what necessarily SNP members want at this time or indeed need at this time.
> “What we have to get on with is governing in the best interests of the people of Scotland.”
> He added that the SNP and Greens have achieved “a lot” together, and hoped their working relationship would continue.
This was earlier in the week.
What a clown.
Have a glass of something nice at 12 noon to honour the end of Slater and Harvie’s ministerial salaries.
Who knew he listened to Joanna Cherry so avidly!
Seriously – while it seemed possible that the Greens might choose to withdraw, and we’d have heard Yousaf expressing sadness that it had not been possible to maintain the coalition – I did not expect for the movement to appear to come from the First Minister choosing to lead a minority administration.
Interesting times.
lol what a fragile little man Humza is.
Statement from Slater, it was not amicable:
>Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has just confirmed the end of the Bute House agreement and accused the SNP of “selling out future generations”.
>She said: “This is an act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country.
>”They have broken the bonds of trust with members of both parties who have twice chosen the co-operation agreement and climate action over chaos, culture wars and division. They have betrayed the electorate.”
>She said that the first minister ended the agreement in “such a weak and thoroughly hopeless way” which “signalled that when it comes to political co-operation, he can no longer be trusted.”
Seems to signal that they will not support SNP votes in the future, wonder what this will mean for budgets and such
Humza Yousaf is a small, tiny, fragile man who can’t take everything immediately going his way. The minute anyone has any reservations or criticises it’s toys out the pram gies ma baw am gawn hame
Dividing your foundation when things are getting harder for them?
And thry are looking like they gonna end up under pressure from other parties coming forward potentially regaining footholds into Scotland.
Risky tactic
And there goes my support for the SNP. It was on tenterhooks at best already with the shitshow after shitshow of the past year, but that’s the final nail in the coffin.
This could be bad for the SNP. A minority government, now possibly with the Greens blocking key parts of their agenda out of revenge and spite.
They run the risk of getting nothing done.
What a rancid fucking coward. Lorna Slater is right – he has sold out future generations all to protect his/his party’s ego.
95% of SNP members voted in favour of the BHA. Nicola Sturgeon recognised the importance of the SNP turning left, because who the hell is going to vote for a fucking neoliberal tartan tory version of Independence where none of the important shit actually changes.
There was absolutely no guarantee that the Greens would have ended the BHA – I think it would have been more likely to have been an attempt to set red lines and pressure the SNP to adhere to the agreement in full.
Regardless, this decision should have gone to members. The fact that they skipped that entirely says to me that they KNOW their members would still have been in favour of the BHA, and their egos are more important than party democracy.
Minority governments give you better democracy, we’ll see how they get on but I don’t expect much to change bar allowing labour or libs to get more amendments through.
I’m looking forward to the sitcom.
Thank fuck
Most of my work colleagues are over the moon about this. Why am I not surprised that the redditors are upset lol
When he is forced to step down, you watch him pull out the race card.
News flash Humza is to face a vote of no confidence put forward by the Tories.
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This is from 08:27 before the cabinet meeting. If it’s accurate, other sources are still to catch up.
E: Although [Sky has a reporter saying the same thing.](https://twitter.com/ConnorGillies/status/1783399312778465789)
Quit before you’re fired (or I guess fire before they quit, depending on how you look at it).
Never forgave the Greens after they repeatedly sided with the SNP on crucial no confidence votes. The one for John Swinney was particularly egregious.
Watching politics play out these days is like a really bad episode of Eastenders.
What on earth are the SNP playing at. It’s just been shitshow after shitshow.
The party honestly needs a purge and a restructure.
you can’t have the tail wagging the dog though. the Greens can’t be both a party of government and a protest movement. Pick a side
Does this mean the likes of Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slacker are powerless to an extent?
Divide and conquer, stupid move.
Yousaf’s ego is so fragile
Has Yousaf made a statement explaining his reasoning and the sudden change of direction?
Must’ve instituted a no-sandals policy
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/humza-yousaf-snp-members-dont-164302363.html
> “We’ve already had a vote,” Yousaf told journalists. “I, of course, stood on an election platform myself, just over a year ago, about maintaining the Green co-operation deal.”
> He went on: “And of course I’ll continue to seek my colleagues’ and indeed members’ input into all policies within government.
> “But I don’t think a vote is what necessarily SNP members want at this time or indeed need at this time.
> “What we have to get on with is governing in the best interests of the people of Scotland.”
> He added that the SNP and Greens have achieved “a lot” together, and hoped their working relationship would continue.
This was earlier in the week.
What a clown.
Have a glass of something nice at 12 noon to honour the end of Slater and Harvie’s ministerial salaries.
Who knew he listened to Joanna Cherry so avidly!
Seriously – while it seemed possible that the Greens might choose to withdraw, and we’d have heard Yousaf expressing sadness that it had not been possible to maintain the coalition – I did not expect for the movement to appear to come from the First Minister choosing to lead a minority administration.
Interesting times.
lol what a fragile little man Humza is.
Statement from Slater, it was not amicable:
>Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has just confirmed the end of the Bute House agreement and accused the SNP of “selling out future generations”.
>She said: “This is an act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country.
>”They have broken the bonds of trust with members of both parties who have twice chosen the co-operation agreement and climate action over chaos, culture wars and division. They have betrayed the electorate.”
>She said that the first minister ended the agreement in “such a weak and thoroughly hopeless way” which “signalled that when it comes to political co-operation, he can no longer be trusted.”
Seems to signal that they will not support SNP votes in the future, wonder what this will mean for budgets and such
Humza Yousaf is a small, tiny, fragile man who can’t take everything immediately going his way. The minute anyone has any reservations or criticises it’s toys out the pram gies ma baw am gawn hame
Dividing your foundation when things are getting harder for them?
And thry are looking like they gonna end up under pressure from other parties coming forward potentially regaining footholds into Scotland.
Risky tactic
And there goes my support for the SNP. It was on tenterhooks at best already with the shitshow after shitshow of the past year, but that’s the final nail in the coffin.
https://i.redd.it/ch1t0cyxclwc1.gif
This could be bad for the SNP. A minority government, now possibly with the Greens blocking key parts of their agenda out of revenge and spite.
They run the risk of getting nothing done.
What a rancid fucking coward. Lorna Slater is right – he has sold out future generations all to protect his/his party’s ego.
95% of SNP members voted in favour of the BHA. Nicola Sturgeon recognised the importance of the SNP turning left, because who the hell is going to vote for a fucking neoliberal tartan tory version of Independence where none of the important shit actually changes.
There was absolutely no guarantee that the Greens would have ended the BHA – I think it would have been more likely to have been an attempt to set red lines and pressure the SNP to adhere to the agreement in full.
Regardless, this decision should have gone to members. The fact that they skipped that entirely says to me that they KNOW their members would still have been in favour of the BHA, and their egos are more important than party democracy.
Minority governments give you better democracy, we’ll see how they get on but I don’t expect much to change bar allowing labour or libs to get more amendments through.
I’m looking forward to the sitcom.
Thank fuck
Most of my work colleagues are over the moon about this. Why am I not surprised that the redditors are upset lol
When he is forced to step down, you watch him pull out the race card.
News flash Humza is to face a vote of no confidence put forward by the Tories.