Backing Scottish Greens at General Election Would Be a Waste of Vote, Says Humza Yousaf

Backing the Scottish Greens at this year's general election would be a waste of a vote, Humza Yousaf has said. The SNP and the environmentalists are partners in the Scottish Government but both parties have ruled out any kind of electoral pact at the UK-wide poll. The First Minister warned today that supporting the Greens risked splitting the pro-independence vote.

Yousaf said he has “a great amount of time” for the Greens, who entered the Scottish Government in 2021 under the Bute House Agreement. But he said: “In a Westminster election, particularly when we’re facing a challenge from Labour, the danger of voting Greens – who are not going to win a single seat in the general election in Scotland, I think they would be the first to admit that – is that would be a wasted vote.” He added: “If you want to advance the cause of independence, if you want a party that aligns with your values – whether that’s social justice or on the climate or wellbeing economy – then the SNP is the party that you need to be voting for.” Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said at the weekend his party would not seek an “electoral pact” with the SNP. It followed the party’s spring conference announcement that it plans to stand more candidates in this election than ever before. Harvie told BBC Scotland’s the Sunday Show that his party strongly believed in “political co-operation

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