Ash Regan: Humza Yousaf's defeated leadership rival could hold the key to his political fate

This has become a political bloodbath for Humza Yousaf. He began the day under pressure to stamp his authority at the looming prospect of the SNP's government partners, the Greens, walking away in a row over ditched climate targets and growing scepticism of the Cass report on gender identity services for children. The SNP leader and Scotland's first minister wanted to reset the narrative, to show he is in control.

Read more:Political future of Scotland's first minister in the balanceSNP's power-sharing agreement has 'served its purpose' If we cast our minds back to the bitter SNP leadership campaign last year, the loser Ash Regan quit the party months later and defected to Alex Salmond's Alba Party. She has sat on the fringes of Holyrood ever since, ignored by her former colleagues. There was talk of her even being moved to a cupboard-style office.

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