{"id":1843,"date":"2024-04-30T07:32:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/race-begins-to-replace-humza-yousaf-as-scotlands-first-minister\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T07:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:32:27","slug":"race-begins-to-replace-humza-yousaf-as-scotlands-first-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/race-begins-to-replace-humza-yousaf-as-scotlands-first-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Race begins to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland&#8217;s first minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Race begins to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland&#8217;s first minister<\/p>\n<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DBHQB1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_0\">Good morning and welcome to our live coverage, as the race to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland\u2019s first minister and SNP leader gets under way.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">As a reminder, Yousaf announced his resignation yesterday, saying he had \u201cclearly underestimated\u201d the hurt caused by his decision to end a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">The move sparked two votes of no confidence, which he was at risk of losing.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">Former deputy first minister John Swinney quickly emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Yousaf, having received the backing of several senior SNP figures, including the party&#8217;s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">Kate Forbes, who Yousaf narrowly defeated in the leadership race barely a year ago, was also talked of as a contender.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">This story is expected to rumble on throughout the day, so stay with us as we bring you the latest developments and analysis. <\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">You can also watch our live stream by pressing the Play button at the top of this page. <\/p>\n<p><noscript data-reactid=\".1ny8to9rdwa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-663081b89f0e6101c57b349b.0.6.0.1\"><\/noscript><br \/>Published at Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:23:00 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race begins to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland&#8217;s first minister Good morning and welcome to our live coverage, as the race to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland\u2019s first minister and SNP leader gets under way. As a reminder, Yousaf announced his resignation yesterday, saying he had \u201cclearly underestimated\u201d the hurt caused by his decision to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/race-begins-to-replace-humza-yousaf-as-scotlands-first-minister\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Race begins to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland&#8217;s first minister<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-politics","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}