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The Story

The rise and spectacular fall of the SNP

The Story

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

After 13 months in power, First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned - and for the second time in as many years the SNP is looking for a new leader. So, how did it come to this for the once-dominant party? And what could it mean for the general election and the campaign for Scottish independence?

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Host: Luke Jones.

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I'm Luke Jones. But for a couple of months, this is becoming something of an annual tradition for the

1:18.6

SMP.

1:19.6

I've concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done

1:26.0

to someone else at the helm.

1:29.0

Humsi Youssef resigned as first minister just over a year after Nicholas Sturgeon did the same.

1:35.0

I am announcing my intention to step down as first minister and leader of my party.

1:41.0

Different circumstances of course, but the same lectern in Butte House, the same

1:46.4

salt tyres wheeled out either side of them, the same portrait of Robert Burns looking down in judgment from behind.

1:54.8

The SMP was once a well-oiled, disciplined machine of a party.

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