Has Humza Yousaf achieved anything in his first 100 days?

Perhaps Humza Yousaf’s greatest achievement in his first 100 days as First Minister is that he has survived them. Since succeeding Nicola Sturgeon in March, Yousaf has stumbled from crisis to crisis. His leadership has played out like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone where, long ago, the lead character got the message that they should be careful what they wish for. The new First Minister inherited a party that showed no sign of losing its position as the dominant force in Scottish politics. Three months on, the SNP is in a mess with voters abandoning it in favour of a unionist Labour party. 

Yousaf took power promising his supporters he’d built on the progress made towards independence by Sturgeon. Now he’s flailing around, trying to shore up the nationalist vote. In fairness to him, unimpressive though he is, it’s hard to see how he could have played the bum hand he received any better.