SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The First Minister has vowed to rebuild trust in the SNP in the wake of a fraud investigation that has seen his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon arrested and questioned by police.
Humza Yousaf has admitted for the first the SNP knew they were unlikely to win the by-election after voters kept bringing up the ongoing police investigation into SNP finances.
“The circumstances could hardly have been worse for us, triggered by a recall petition because of the lockdown-breaking conduct of my party’s MP. The by-election was triggered after Margaret Ferrier was ejected from the seat for breaking Covid rules during the pandemic. Labour’s Michael Shanks will now take her place in the House of Commons after defeating the SNP’s Katy Loudon.
“They are sick of two failing governments, they are sick of the chaos and incompetence and the party of change is Scottish Labour. This has not just been two months of work, it has been two years of hard graft, to change the Labour Party to reach out and to speak about the better future for our country.
“If he does not change course dramatically, and right now, then either he will have to go or he will drag the independence dream into the dust. “So this should be a wake-up call but I’m not convinced that it will be. Humza’s authority was weak from the moment he became leader because he won only a narrow victory despite having the support of the previous First Minister.
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