The final tragedy of ‘Humza the Brief’

The resignation of Humza Yousaf as First Minister of Scotland marks not just the beginning of the end for him, nor simply for the 17-year long SNP government, but for any hopes of Scottish independence happening in the lifetime of most SNP members. Yousaf might even take devolution with him since the Scottish public are at their wits’ end with the behaviour of the politicians – all of them – who have occupied the Scottish parliament like student activists taking over the university court.

Yousaf was always a hopeless case politically. Nice guy – shame about the nous. Not for nothing was he called Humza ‘Useless’ even before he was elected. His SNP leadership rival, Kate Forbes, brutally deconstructed his ministerial career in the party’s leadership TV debate last year, leaving Yousaf speechless. 

Now he is lost for words to explain how he can survive this week’s motions of no confidence without handing the fate of his administration to Alex Salmond’s Alba Party.