Scotland’s Leader Humza Yousaf Resigns

TIME

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday ahead of a vote of no confidence on Wednesday that appeared he would lose.  His resignation comes little more than a year after he took up the post, becoming the first non-white and first Muslim leader of Scotland.

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00:00 Unfortunately in ending the Bute House agreement in the manner that I did, I

00:05 clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused Green colleagues.

00:11 For a minority government to be able to govern effectively and efficiently, trust

00:17 when working with the opposition is clearly fundamental. And while a route

00:23 through this week's motion of no confidence was absolutely possible, I am

00:29 not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever

00:35 simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on

00:41 what is best for my party, for the government and for the country I lead,

00:46 I've concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide

00:51 can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the

00:57 SNP's National Secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask

01:03 that she commences a leadership contest for my replacement as soon as possible.

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