Humza Yousaf has insisted he would not allow the SNP to "lurch to the right" as he clashed with Kate Forbes during a stormy TV debate.
In extraordinary scenes, the health secretary was forced to defend his record in government from his own Cabinet colleague at the highest profile event so far in the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon.
Forbes, the finance secretary, used her chance to cross examine Yousaf during a live debate on STV to go on the attack and question his competence to lead the country.
