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Euan McColm

OPINION - Humza Yousaf is a serious downgrade for the SNP

DEAR friends in the capital, I bring news from the frozen north: the Union is safe.

The decision of SNP members to elect Humza Yousaf as their new leader is a blow to the Scottish independence movement. After eight and a half years of Nicola Sturgeon the SNP is now under the stewardship of a man with a net approval rating among voters of a pitiful -20 per cent. And let me tell you, he’s put the work in to achieve that.

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