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Humza Yousaf has been left hanging by a thread as a former SNP MSP is forced to “consider carefully” whether or not to topple the Scottish First Minister.
Yousaf, who replaced Nicola Sturgeon in Bute House last March, is facing pressure after Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross tabled a vote of no confidence.
Ross put forward his motion after Yousaf terminated his coalition deal with the Scottish Green Party.
He said: “I can confirm today that on behalf of the Scottish Conservatives I am lodging a vote of no confidence in Humza Yousaf.
Humza Yousaf’s future hangs by thread as ex-SNP MSP ‘carefully considers’ whether to topple First Minister
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“He is a failed First Minister. He has focused on the wrong priorities for Scotland.
“He has governed in the SNP’s interest and not in Scotland’s interest. He is unfit for office. Shouldn’t this be the end of the road for this weak First Minister?”
Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have agreed to back the motion.
Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater later confirmed Green Party MSPs will oppose Yousaf staying on as First Minister.
The current situation leaves 63 SNP MSPs likely to support Yousaf, with 64 opposition MSPs poised to vote against.
Alba Party MSP Ash Regan, who defected from the SNP just six months after running to replace Sturgeon as First Minister, could now decide the future of politics in Holyrood.
An Alba Party source told GB News: “That is a decision for Ash to consider carefully.
“She intends to write to the First Minister tomorrow morning to set out her position.”
Voting against Yousaf in next week’s no confidence motion would prove enough for opposition MSPs to defeat the Glasgow Pollok MSP.
However, Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone, formerly a Green MSP, would be required to cast the deciding vote if Regan lent her support to Yousaf.
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