What happens next
Something potentially really funny since Labour's VONC is still on the table.
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
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wait what? i have only been half paying attention to this because well paying too much attention to pol makes you and old and bitter man and im trying to debitter. I thought it was Ross (con) that pushed the vonc?
Cons pushed the vote of no confidence on Hamza in the position of first minister
Labour did it in the government
We could potentially see the Scottish goverment collapse, which wouldnt be awful at this point imo. As the snp is in the minority and its unlikely anyone wants to partner up with them any time soon.
Really crazy thing would be a surge of labour seats in the Scottish parliment ahead of a uk general election.
Greens have said that they're looking forward to negotiating a new agreement with the SNP once they've selected a new leader (providing they select one who will negotiate with them, of course). With that in mind, the Greens may be willing to avoid Labour's VONC on the basis that they want to give the SNP a chance to select their new leader first.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Yousaf has said that he will stay in place until a new party leader can be found, following Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation route.
When she held a similar press conference last February at Bute House, the official Edinburgh residence of Scottish first ministers, she announced it was her intention to step down, but only submitted her formal resignation as first minister to the king after the conclusion of the SNP’s leadership election, which took six weeks.
Shortly after Yousaf’s statement, the SNP confirmed there would be a meeting of its national executive committee to decide the timetable of the leadership election later this week.
According to the SNP’s constitution, a candidate for leader must have the nominations of at least 100 members, drawn from at least 20 branches, but details will need to be endorsed by the party’s national executive committee.
Once Yousaf has formally submitted his resignation to the king, the Holyrood parliament will vote to choose a new first minister via a simple majority.
However, in the event that the new SNP leader was unable to command that majority, the Scottish parliament would be dissolved and a Holyrood election called.
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