Scottish government survives vote of no confidence at Holyrood

The Scottish government has survived a vote of no confidence at Holyrood. Scottish Labour pressed ahead with its motion despite Humza Yousaf announcing earlier this week his intention to stand down as SNP leader and first minister. It failed by 58 votes to 70. The Scottish Greens voted against the motion, with party co-leader Patrick Harvie branding it 'chaos for the sake of chaos'. If it had passed, all ministers in the minority SNP government would have been forced to quit.

Angry over the way the party was dumped from government, the Scottish Greens announced its MSPs would be backing the motion. Scottish Labour then announced it was planning a motion of no confidence in the Scottish government. Mr Yousaf reached out to his political opponents in an effort to stem the uprising but conceded that he had 'underestimated the level of hurt and upset' his actions had caused Scottish Green colleagues.

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