His short tenure
In an emotional speech on Monday, Yousaf said it had been an “honor” to lead the SNP in government. But his time in power was rocky and his short tenure has harmed his party’s standing even further after a brutal year for the group.
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[H]e never enjoyed the levels of popularity with voters that Sturgeon once did, and frequently found himself caught between the liberal tendencies of his Green allies and parts of his party on one side, and the more socially conservative members of the SNP on the other.
An especially controversial expansion of Scotland’s hate crime legislation, which expanded protections for transgender people, was hailed by LGBTQ+ groups but attacked by critics as a move that would stifle free speech.
Because hate crime is one thing and knowing that men are not women is another. Quite quite quite another. For that reason I’m happy to see him go.
And, of course, CNN fails to grasp (or, alternately, knowingly declines to properly report) that this is a fight within the Left, rather than just another iteration of conservative vs. progressive.
I watched his speech, and the crocodile tears. He hasn’t an ounce of remorse for continuing the appalling treatment of the Scottish population which led to the removal of his predecessor. When he was done pontificating, he marched away from the podium, ignoring all questions; that’s not the behaviour of someone filled with remorse, but that of a teenager who doesn’t want to face the consequences of their actions, and certainly doesn’t want to explain himself.