Humza Yousaf’s right royal U-turn

Humza Yousaf has already stoked a right royal row with his party’s hardliners by ditching a pro-independence rally to attend the coronation. And now he’s really gone and done it by leading the Scottish Parliament in a celebration of the event. The SNP leader tabled a motion showering praise on the King and Queen:

That the Parliament congratulates Their Majesties The King and The Queen on the occasion of Their Coronation; expresses its gratitude for Their Majesties’ public service to Scotland, and affirms the deep respect that is held for Their Majesties in Scotland.

Speaking to the motion this afternoon, Yousaf hailed ‘an important constitutional milestone’ and praised the multi-faith nature of the ceremony. He announced that the Scottish Government would use Royal Week in July to ‘present Their Majesties with coronation gifts on behalf of the people of Scotland’. This would symbolise ‘the respect, the good will, that is felt by many people in Scotland for Their Majesties personally’.