Humza Yousaf has said he would shift the campaign for independence into “fifth gear” if he wins the SNP leadership after a colleague suggested that it should “go down a gear”.
Social security minister Ben Macpherson had said it would take longer than the short or medium term for Scotland to become a successful independent country.
He wrote in the Scotland on Sunday newspaper: “Any reckless, overly disruptive path to statehood would quickly make our quality of life in Scotland poorer.
