ash set— humza invited ash regan into talks. ash set out— humza invited ash regan into talks. and humza was by some of— terms of agreement, and humza was by some of the _ terms of agreement, and humza was by some of the old guard in the party and it— some of the old guard in the party and it effectively lost hisjob and he was _ and it effectively lost hisjob and he was left at the mercy of the greens— he was left at the mercy of the greens and the tories. hopefully, john swinney being unopposed here will he _ john swinney being unopposed here will he in _ john swinney being unopposed here will he in a — john swinney being unopposed here will be in a stronger position to make _ will be in a stronger position to make agreements across the parliament. because you have to be in charge _ parliament. because you have to be in charge of— parliament. because you have to be in charge of your own party if you are going — in charge of your own party if you are going to be able to survive in a minority— are going to be able to survive in a minority parliament. when was my finance _ minorit

, that would be the door of ash regan, that would be the wise thing to do.em _ the wise thing to do. you talked about the problem of _ the wise thing to do. you talked about the problem of dealing i the wise thing to do. you talked i about the problem of dealing with the wise thing to do. you talked - about the problem of dealing with a minority common, he said he would deal with things on an issue by issue basis. does that make it more complicated? obviously when they had a pact with the green party, they could push things through, but are any areas where you think the green party will collaborate with the snp? there will be some. they demonstrated when humza yousaf abruptly sacked them from the administration that they were capable of an extraordinary degree of petulance, they were prepared to bring him down, as the result did of course. so the trouble with the green party, if you offend them on certain things, there was an indication thatjohn swinney is thankfully going to follow a science —based route as opposed to the juvenile politicking of the green p

in this government, but one of the key factors here is whether the greens and indeed albas msp, ash regany will vote with the government not just to retain a pro—independence government up here in scotland for, let's say, two more years until the scheduled scottish elections in 2026. now, i asked anas sarwar yesterday how much of this he had been thinking aboutin of this he had been thinking about in the lead up to today's crucial vote. well of course, for other political parties to decide how they vote on any motion. >> but it's for the greens and the alba msp to decide. is it more important to them keeping a nationalist pro—independence government in place, even though they themselves accept it's an incompetent, failing government ? incompetent, failing government? or is it more important to give scotland a competent government thatis scotland a competent government that is actually changing scotland and improving the lives of people across the country? that's for them to decide. i am very clear though, this is not an snp government that has the confidence of the scottish people. it's n

however, we know that ash regan, scotland's only alba msp.events, you know, over the weekend as to who would support the government or not, but as i kind of mentioned yesterday, it all feels somewhat of a distraction while we wait for news of humza yousafs potential replacement, news of humza yousafs potential replacement , it's. news of humza yousafs potential replacement, it's. and i've news of humza yousafs potential replacement , it's. and i've got replacement, it's. and i've got good news for you both this morning. it looks like we're actually going to get the first announcement this morning. john swinney, obviously he was nicola sturgeon's deputy first minister. will just one of the buildings behind me here in grassmarket in edinburgh, he is going to be having an event at around half past ten this morning and we are likely in the press link up here to hear him make his pitch to replace humza yousaf. now he would indefinitely be what the party would describe as a safe pair of hands. he has been with their scottish nationalists for decade