Humza Yousaf has said he will resign as SNP leader and Scotland’s First Minister, avoiding having to face a no confidence vote in his leadership.
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00:00 And while a route through this week's motion of no confidence was absolutely
00:04 possible, I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with
00:12 whomever simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend
00:18 reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government and for the country
00:24 I lead, I've concluded that repairing our relationship across the political
00:29 divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore
00:34 informed the SNP's National Secretary of my intention to stand down as party
00:40 leader and ask that she commences a leadership contest for my replacement as
00:44 soon as possible.