UK Politics Thread part II

[Moonlight]

SNP sparks chaos in Scotland by killing off coalition with Greens to avoid being 'dumped' in row over environment and trans policies as Humza Yousaf is accused of 'political cowardice' by former ally and Tories push for confidence vote in his leadership

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...za-Yousaf.html

Devolution has been a disaster from the very beginning for Scotland, you can't run a country with amateur politicians not fit to run a bath, someone needs to stand up and say "Enough is Enough". They're on the edge of the abyss, much more of this bollocks and they'll be over it.

[Jimbuna]

Either way it'll be a close call.

How big a threat to Humza Yousaf is a no-confidence vote?

Scotland's first minister, Humza Yousaf, is facing a no-confidence vote after the collapse of his party's agreement with the Scottish Greens.

Mr Yousaf hopes to continue in power, leading a minority government at Holyrood, after deciding that the partnership with the Greens has "served its purpose".

But Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has described him as a "lame duck" first minister and says he will lodge a no-confidence motion.

So what happens next - and how big a threat is this for Mr Yousaf?

The SNP have 63 MSPs who can presumably be counted on to support Mr Yousaf and vote against the motion.

The Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Lib Dems have 57 MSPs between them who will likely back it.

The Scottish Greens have also now announced their seven MSPs will back the no-confidence vote – so it all depends on the sole Alba MSP Ash Regan.

Ms Regan is a former SNP MSP who defected to Alba - which is led by Alex Salmond - after finishing third behind Mr Yousaf and Kate Forbes in last year's SNP leadership contest.

If she was to either abstain or vote in favour of the motion, it would be enough to see the no-confidence vote carried.

But if she sided with the SNP, it would result in a 64-64 tie.

In that scenario, the presiding officer casts a deciding vote, which by tradition is always for the status quo - meaning Humza Yousaf would win the confidence vote.

Ms Regan is therefore in a strong bargaining position to strike a deal with the SNP in return for her support.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g8dwn01gno

[Moonlight]

When Ms Regan left the party Useless Yousaf put the boot in and said that its "No Great Loss", what do you call a politician without any foresight?, a "Dickhead"?, it's not the correct answer but it sounds too good to leave out.
Now the boots on the foot of Ms Regan, is she going to kick him in the balls or is she going to be like any other woman who's been scorned and and slice those balls off, what ever she does a lot depends on this Transgender Bollocks he's supporting.
Ms Regan has become the new "King Maker" we shall see just how Ruthless or Weak a politician she is, might I remind Ms Regan that Yousaf wouldn't hesitate to deliver the killing blow if the boot was on his foot, isn't Karma a bitch Yousaf?.

This is why politics can be interesting, Yousaf dismissed Ash Regan as inconsequential, well he won't be calling her that this morning, Ash is Ms Regan's first name and it could be what's left of Yousaf's political career next week. I'm almost sure that the SNP are going to suffer badly at the next Election, I can even see their reign teetering on the edge of a cliff as well.

[Jimbuna]

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has spoken at an event in Dundee as he fights for his political future ahead of a no confidence vote.

He says he will not be announcing his resignation.

The first minister says he is confident he can win the no confidence vote.

A power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens was scrapped by the first minister yesterday leading to bitter words from the party that had supported the SNP-led Scottish government for three years.

The Scottish Tories plan a vote of no confidence in the first minister and Scottish Labour have now said they plan a similar vote on the entire Scottish government..

The votes cannot happen until next week.

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But on the other hand.

Regan 'relishes' chance to look at ways to work with SNP government

As we have been reporting, Alba's Ash Regan wrote to First Minister Humza Yousaf on Thursday after he announced the scrapping of the Bute House agreement.

She says her letter centred around progressing independence, women and children’s rights, and competent governance.

“I would relish the opportunity to sit down and talk through these areas and see if there are areas where we might be able to agree and work together,” Regan adds.

She also says she hopes that there might be an opportunity to speak to the Scottish government about accepting the recommendations of the Cass review into gender identity services.