Humza Yousaf believes his government is functioning “quite well” despite the ongoing police investigation into the SNP.
The First Minister accepts that many people would expect him to say such a thing. He wants the public to recognise the government he leads can operate separately from the party he is simultaneously in charge of.
But the SNP has been in power at Holyrood for so long, he must recognise how difficult a task that is. Yousaf wants to be judged on tackling poverty but his challenge is making himself heard above the racket caused by the most high-profile police investigation in the country.
