Hunt for SNP’s new leader underway after Humza Yousaf quits

The gender ID debate has led to protests and counter-protests A few short sentences on page 33 of the Scottish National Party’s election manifesto promised to “improve and simplify the process by which a trans person can obtain legal recognition”. The butterfly effect of that election pledge led Scottish politics on a path to chaos, culminating in the sudden resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf.

The pro-independence Scottish Greens’ MSPs are natural allies for the SNP, and traditionally back the party in most votes. So rather than operate another minority government, then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon decided to start a power-sharing agreement with them – known as the Bute House Agreement, named after the official residence of the first minister in Edinburgh. Reforming the Gender Recognition Act was part of the deal, and less than a year later a bill was put before parliament.

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