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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Neil Pooran

I doubt I could have survived general election result – Yousaf

Humza Yousaf stood down as first minister in May (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Humza Yousaf said he doubts his leadership could have survived the last general election, as he reflected on his fateful decision to end the SNP’s powersharing deal with the Scottish Greens.

He also said events outside his control, such as the police investigation into the SNP’s finances, proved to be the biggest challenges of his time in Scotland’s highest office.

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