if those seven green msps vote against him he is reliant on the support of the soul alba party msp, ashan, to continue his role. she used to be a member of the snp but defected to alex salmond's alba party. mr yousaf apparently ruled out cutting a deal with the alba party. that would lead to a 64—61; tie vote in which case into parliament if there was time about the presiding officer would be expected to remain the status quo. what we are expecting in the next hour as a news conference from humza yousaf you could see their entry bute house in the last half an hour. we are expecting in the next half an hour or so for him to hold a news conference where we understand he will resign as scotland's first minister. you can see the picture of the door at bute house. at the moment mr yousaf is in there with his wife and senior advisers. we are expecting bad news conference at midday. we will bring it to you live. sir keir starmer has been talking about the situation in the scottish parliament. he condemned it and called for a fresh start. he has been speaking to reporters. let's have a listen t

if that cuts no ice — he'll be at the mercy of former snp msp, now alba msp ash regan, and that couldhink. won't to do them in the same afternoon, ithink. it's won't to do them in the same afternoon, i think. it's the parliamentary body tops but he will want to get them done as soon as possible, rip off the bus to parties probably want to drag it out on the days, potential. despite rip off the plastic of opposition parties will want to drag it out. there two, one, the labour one, perhaps the most dangerous, vote of no confidence in the whole remit, it will be binding, it could bring down his administration and lead to an election, but the key thing for him is that the greens have said their position is under consideration. —— vote of no—confidence in the government. the other, brought by the scottish conservatives, is in humza yousaf�*s leadership, and on that the greens have said they will oppose him. of course that position could change but it means at this stage of the best possible scenario, i think, for humza yousaf next week is this. six to 4— city for split, that's the snp msps

there are 63 snp msps, there are 65 opposition msps and there is the presiding officer who retains a of the party leaders asking them for talks on where they can find common ground. i think it is safe to say we can rule out any deals with the prounion parties, labour, conservatives and liberal democrats. but somewhat ironically, mr yousaf is now having to reach back out to the greens who he dumped on thursday but they are sore and they say they can't trust him after what happened. mr yousaf said yesterday he didn't mean to upset or anger the scottish greens and that there are a lot of issues that both the snp and greens share. so that is one way he could remain in government if some of the seven scottish green msps were to change their tack and support him but that seems highly unlikely given the upset that has caused. his only other potential lifeline is the alba party msp ash regan. she stood against humza yousaf for the leadership of the snp after the first minister nicola sturgeon stood down. she left the snp and joined the alba party, which is alex salmond... the former first mi

.— cases individual msps.es individual msps. kathleen nutt, political correspondent at| cases individual msps. kathleen i nutt, political correspondent at the herald, thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that story. in the meantime, the post office inquiry continues today with a former post office executive who is described as knowing more about the faulty horizon system than anyone else giving evidence at the inquiry. angela van den bogerd was the most important person in the legal action taken and wasjudged important person in the legal action taken and was judged heavily for giving misleading evidence. angela is our head of network services. she was paula vennells' right hand woman — one of the big characters in the drama at the centre of so many ruined lives. we're all so sorry for your loss. bogerd was personally involved in many cases. desperate — he was really desperate. and overseeing complaints from sub—postmasters. she was also involved in the mediation scheme, supposed to help them. angela va

ash regan, the alba msp - negotiations? that's right. ash regan, the alba msp in - negotiations?lba msp in the scottish parliament, has been saying she would be willing to talk to humza yousaf, to lend him her vote, he could have scraped through just about if he had the support of ash regan but she wanted to talk about our priorities and that was pushing forward the agenda on scottish independence, women�*s rights and children�*s rights as well. the leader of the house party is alex salmond, the former first minister, who left the snp. we are being told by advisers it would be impossible for humza yousaf to enter into a deal with alex salmond, he would not be supported by other figures in the party. 0ne described it as a deal with the devil. that was a nonstarter, if you like. those talks never got under way and humza yousaf now is looking at the parliamentary arithmetic and accepting now that he cannot survive that vote of no—confidence. it would not be legally binding, he would not have to quit as first minister if he lost the vote, but it would be politically untenable for him

he needs all of his own msps in the snp as well.s on where they can find common ground. in the letter, he called for constructive contributions while acknowledging strong feelings remain in the lead up strong feelings remain in the lead up to next week�*s votes. and the responses are starting to come in. first, let�*s look at the prounion parties who it is very unlikely that the snp would be able to get a deal with. douglas rose who is the leader of the scottish conservatives tabled in the motion of no confidence in humza yousaf and he has written back to him. at night, he said that humza yousaf has prioritised his campaign for independence above the real concerns of the scottish public. and that he should accept his time in office is over. and should resign as first minister. definitely no deal there. scottish labour tabled the no—confidence motion in the scottish government. today, they have said that this letter they have received from humza yousaf is an act of desperation and the government is chaotic and incompetent and a case

what are they , msps, msps. he's got one. they, msps, msps. he's got one.hey , you know, if and he says hey, you know, if you're nice to me, i'll give you, i'll let you, i'll let you support you and we'll prop up your because otherwise it would be a minority government. >> it's like 63. so they were being supported by the greens. but then the greens were like oh my god what? you're not going to transition children. you're not going to institute communism straight away. this is disgusting . because, you know, disgusting. because, you know, humza's policy is, you know, instituting communism and sterilising children on a five year time scale instead of doing it this week. so yeah, the greens are backed out and yeah. so he's desperate for a for this. the alba party, which is essentially the sort of offshoot of the snp. it's the old snp, the continuity snp. if you like. so ash regan is the one one msp they've got and the only trouble is like she was in a leadership in the leadership contest with humza yousaf and humza was very scathing of her. and you know, when

there are 129 msps. 63 are snp. just short of a majority.aker. so, if it is a straight fight between the snp and the opposition, well, humza yousaf, he would lose. but let's look at ash regan, the only msp from the nationalist alba party. she is a former snp minister, stood against humza yousaf for leader of the snp last year. now, if ash regan voted for humza yousaf it would be a tied vote. at that point the presiding officer would follow convention we believe and support the government, which means that humza yousaf would win. who will have the decisive vote it will be the leader of alba party, the father of modern scottish nationalism, alex salmond. what nationalism, alex salmond. what im act nationalism, alex salmond. what impact could _ nationalism, alex salmond. what impact could it — nationalism, alex salmond. what impact could it have _ nationalism, alex salmond. what impact could it have on _ nationalism, alex salmond. what impact could it have on the - nationalism, alex salmond. what impact could it have on the general election? ,

, would tory msps support her?te scotland — nationalist who wants to separate scotland and _ nationalist who wants to separate scotland and remove _ nationalist who wants to separate scotland and remove our- nationalist who wants to separate scotland and remove our countryl nationalist who wants to separate - scotland and remove our country from the united _ scotland and remove our country from the united kingdom _ scotland and remove our country from the united kingdom has— scotland and remove our country from the united kingdom has the _ scotland and remove our country from the united kingdom has the best - the united kingdom has the best interests — the united kingdom has the best interests in — the united kingdom has the best interests in scotland _ the united kingdom has the best interests in scotland at - the united kingdom has the best interests in scotland at heart. i the united kingdom has the bestl interests in scotland at heart. we want _ interests in scotland at heart. we want a _ interests in scotland

that leaves one one msp, with the 64 msps voting with no confidence for the first minister. that one msp is ash regan, former snp minister herself. she stepped down during the gender recognition reform debate and now she was essentially going to be the kingmaker in this scenario. so a lot happening here, and hopefully just came in under time. >> yeah, honestly couldn't , make >> yeah, honestly couldn't, make some of this stuff up, could you? but no, you're very good. your timing was spot on. that's tony mcguire. i'll leave you to go. enjoy the last rays of the sunshine. i mean, i thought it was quite interesting there where he said, humza yousaf was very surprised when he heard about this. no confidence vote. i don't know who he talks to, but i talk to people on a daily bafis but i talk to people on a daily basis and i absolutely was not surprised when i heard that. i was actually quite surprised that it hadn't happened sooner. and that whole kind of diet, the whole kind of, dynamic about who actually wanted to break up with who . what do you think's been who. what do you thi

with the greens backing that no—confidence vote, the alba party's sole msp is crucial.or humza, he's put the decision—making power of the parliament effectively into the hands of one of the brightest and best and most responsible msps in the parliament, which is ash regan of the alba party. she's one of the few adults in the room. so he has the opportunity to try and secure her vote, but he'll have to work at it. and what now for the greens? they're out of office, but not — they think — out of power. wherever we are in the parliament, i we will fight for our principles, . and whereverwe are, we canwirx _ you know, one of our flagship policies — - free bus travel for under—225 — was a victory that we won - from the scottish government before we entered government _ for the first time. so we can win in government, l we can win out of government. so the scene's set for days of horse trading, then a knife—edge vote to decide what follows this power—sharing deal. david henderson, bbc news, holyrood. with more on this i'm joined now by our political correspondent georgia robe

but we are being held back so i am asking msps from across— being held back so i am asking msps fromthe opposition quite rightly demand _ whilst the opposition quite rightly demand that the scottish government to take _ demand that the scottish government to take urgent action to address the climate _ to take urgent action to address the climate crisis, if they are serious about— climate crisis, if they are serious about this — climate crisis, if they are serious about this challenge, they must now stand _ about this challenge, they must now stand with _ about this challenge, they must now stand with us in support of the day's — stand with us in support of the day's policy package and the remainder of the work that we are taking _ remainder of the work that we are taking forward across this year and the coming — taking forward across this year and the coming years and do that instead of opposing the measure that we propose — of opposing the measure that we propose. in this challenging context of cuts, _ propose. in this challenging context of cuts, uk — propose. in this challenging c

now we saw that obviously the scottish conservatives, they have 31 msps.n parliament next week . that is parliament next week. that is now pretty much a certainty. the scottish labour, they have also put out a message to say that they too have no confidence in humza yousaf or this government, and so they have given an idea of how they would vote this, the scottish liberal democrats. well, they have also said in fact, alex cole—hamilton today said that just because two clowns have exited the clown car , the circus is still running. and indeed a video posted on eks earlier on today said that they will two will back this motion of no confidence and then of course, the greens, as we've been talking about. well, in about four minutes time they're due to host a press conference and they will be letting everybody know what their intentions are and how they plan to proceed with that vote. not a good look. unfortunately for humza yousaf. but interestingly, that puts all the power in the hands of ash, regan albers , only hands of ash, regan albers, only scottish msp

said it wasn't a strong enough deterrent for illegal migrants entering the country and the alba party msp whose vote could be crucial to scotland's first minister, says it's scotland's first minister, says wsfime scotland's first minister, says it's time to build relationships. but she said the price of her support will be higher as humza yousaf dithers. she says ash regan hasn't confirmed how she'll vote in the motions of no confidence at holyrood next week, writing in the sunday mail, she said she will only use her vote in the way that'll be best for scotland. meanwhile, yusuf is asking leaders of rival parties to find common ground with the snp as his leadership hangs in the balance . it comes after the the balance. it comes after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens , sharing deal with the greens, and the liberal democrats are pledging to bring back the family doctor as older patients struggle to see a gp. liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has set out plans to give everyone over the age of 70 and those with long term health conditions access to a named gp. th

arrangement between the snp who did not quite have a majority and the green party who had a number of msps elected using our additional member system. a lot of snp voters voted the snp first and the green party second and that gives them some power and patrick harvie and lorna slater were given government minister rolls and they were summarily sacked last week in the early hours of the morning. and then turfed out onto the street to face the media, something that made them extremely angry with humza yousaf. the party had been planning to have a meeting at which their own members would have potentially brought that agreement to an end but obviously it would have been on their own time so some felt on the was under pressure to push them out before he jumped was under pressure to push them out before hejumped but the manner in which he did so, he perhaps underestimated the strength of their fury and i'm not sure if he did the sums and he left himself in the position of requiring the support of ash regan from the albot party which is led by alex salmond, she is the only msp and she defected fr

the alba party msp , whose vote could alba party msp, whose vote could be crucial to scotland's first minister, says it's time to build relationships. but she also says the price of her support will be higher as humza yousaf dithers . she says ash yousaf dithers. she says ash regan hasn't confirmed how she'll vote in the motions of no confidence at holyrood next week, writing in the sunday mail, she said she will only use her vote in the way that'll be best for scotland. meanwhile, yousaf is asking leaders of rival parties to find common ground with the snp as his leadership hangs in the balance. it comes after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens . and finally, with the greens. and finally, royal news the duke of sussex is returning to the uk in just over a week to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. it will be the invictus games. it will be the first time prince harry is back in the uk since his visit to see the king after his cancer diagnosis in february, and is the first major event he'll attend in the uk for some time. he'

arrangement between the snp who did not quite have a majority and the green party who had a number of mspsme

is holding up their takeover of the club. 777 partners are due to repay a 158 million pound loan to mspsinessmen by next monday. everton manager sean dyche is keeping his focus on the football. running a football clubs not an easy business, there must be so many different things to go through in so many checks that have to be done. so i'd imagine for one second it's a simple process. it's taking more time. that's the way it goes. i certainly am not involved at that level of what we do here. so yeah, the rest is just a wait and see situation. rangers manager philippe clement says the club offered to play their twice postponed scottish premiership game against dundee on thursday and even joked they will play "on mars" if needed. wednesday's rearranged fixture was rained off after a second pitch inspection at dens park. rangers accused dundee of "negligence and unprofessionalism" and dundee could face disciplinary action after a fifth postponement this season. this is really bad for the image of scottish football that these things can happen and it could have been avoided. by playing on an

to my fellow msps of all political persuasions, next week is a crucial milestone, we mark 25 years of an electoral system that is designed for no political party to have an overall majority. devolution's founding fathers, mothers, rightly in their wisdom believe no one loses out by politician sharing wisdom, ideas but the converse is also true. that is why i would make an appeal to colleagues from across the political spectrum that well government of course must act in good faith, so must their opposition and be prepared to collaborate with us, notjust to pose for opposition's sake. the only people who suffer as a result of such an impasse are the very public receipt to serve. politics and politicians not unreasonably, i'm afraid, have often been maligned, however i truly believe that when we get it right, and often we do, we are a force for good that can transform people �*s lives for the better. to my colleagues and opposition, regardless of political party, i genuinely do wish you well, i bear no ill will and no grudge against anyone. politics can be a brutal business. it takes its

in the parliament which _ responsible msps in the parliament which is _ responsible msps in the parliamentlts in the room — and she is one of the few adults in the room and so he has the opportunity to try and secure her vote but— opportunity to try and secure her vote but he will have to work at it. what _ vote but he will have to work at it. what now — vote but he will have to work at it. what now for the greens? they are out of office but not what they think out of the power. wherever we are in the parliament _ think out of the power. wherever we are in the parliament will _ think out of the power. wherever we are in the parliament will fight - think out of the power. wherever we are in the parliament will fight for i are in the parliament will fight for principles— are in the parliament will fight for principles and wherever we are we can win _ principles and wherever we are we can win. one of our flagship policies _ can win. one of our flagship policies such as free bus travel for under— policies such as free bus travel for under 20s— policies such as free bus travel for under 20s was

they have 63 msps.ation of the bute house agreement with immediate effect. however, this is a parliament that is designed to be consensual. it is designed for a minority government. indeed, the snp, in theirfirst administration and alex salmond, governed as a minority government. but it means they will now have to reach out to other parties to get backing for their policies. there will have to be more compromises going forward with other parties such as the conservatives or labour or indeed the greens. they of course are united with the snp in their belief that scotland should be an independent country. but this will be a more challenging time for the snp and their leader and humza yousaf. ~ . ., , ., snp and their leader and humza yousaf. ~ . ., yousaf. what would you say the advantages _ yousaf. what would you say the advantages are _ yousaf. what would you say the advantages are for _ yousaf. what would you say the advantages are for him - yousaf. what would you say the advantages are for him in - yo

ukrainian, it was british instructors who trained ukrainian armed forces fighters for sabotage on the mspdrilling rig in the black sea. all this indicates the direct involvement of great britain in the development of actions directed against the security of russia, the fsb notes. meanwhile, the verkhovna rada. today in the second final reading it adopted the scandalous law on tightening mobilization. local deputies voted with an absolute majority. the law will further untie the hands of ukrainian military commissars, increase punishment for evasion and expand the category of persons who will be sent to the front. the new norms will introduce total control over all persons liable for military service between the ages of 18 and 60. to men, even those unfit for service, always. will carry a military id with him and register at the military registration and enlistment offices. in addition, cars, boats and tractors may be taken away from ukrainians as part of the mobilization. all this is a reason for a round of mobilization corruption. footballer nikolai stetsenko today told how he got to the

but but there's nothing to say that all 63 snp msps will all unite behind humza yousaf. these were your colleagues. you're now an independent mp. but do you think there's a genuine prospect there of some of these people perhaps stabbing him in the back, his own party, saying , perhaps stabbing him in the back, his own party, saying, mr yousaf, it's time to go ? yousaf, it's time to go? >> well, firstly, with the recent debacle over the last few months of the snp , there's months of the snp, there's hardly a day goes past that. i don't thank my lucky stars that i've, that i've parted ways with the snp. i mean , unless they the snp. i mean, unless they refocus on independence, there's no real point . but do you? but no real point. but do you? but your question about, you know, will will everybody turn up, will will everybody turn up, will ever be back? humza yousaf i think there are some at the moment who would like to stab him in the back, but don't want to be seen doing that, and humza could help them, from making a courageous stance by resigning beforehand. so i think t

of course, the conservative msps don't, nor do laboun conservative msps don't, nor do labour.o this is really, really bad news for humza yousaf . the fact that now he's going to have to have a minority government. i mean, yes, it's his choice, but it's going to be difficult. and of course it just piles more woe upon him, doesn't it? given that it's only a week or two since the arrest of peter murrell , of course, the former murrell, of course, the former snp treasurer, mr nicola sturgeon, if you like, are now being charged with embezzlement after a year long police investigation which saw those extraordinary scenes of a blue police tent in the sturgeon front garden. so humza yousaf, he's only had just over a year in power. things are looking very, very difficult for him and people like kate forbes, who of course narrowly missed out on the leadership, he might have to turn to her for help. she might possibly get a big promotion . possibly get a big promotion. ash regan she was another of the leadership candidates . she left leadership candidates. she left the scottish national

ash regan was an snp msp.her position on trans rights. she's of the j.k. rowling school of thought. she thinks that women's rights are being eroded. she didn't like the gender recognition act in scotland for example. now, when she left the party, humza yousaf said that she was no loss at all. well, he might be regretting those words now. what she what she says will decide the future of his political career. that said, even if she does end up voting for yusef, it could be that in the longer term his position becomes untenable. people aren't happy with the state of the. the snp haven't been for a while now. nicola sturgeon and her husband's potential involvement in in financial misconduct, the alleged involvement in that has has cast the whole of the snp under a bit of a cloud, and it could be that moving forwards, humza yousaf is just unable to get any legislation over the line, in which case he might have to resign anyway. what's astonishing about this, olivia, is that sworn political enemies are jumping into

they have 63 msps. that with the termination of the bute house agreement with immediate effect. however, this is a parliament that is designed to be consensual. it is designed for a minority government, indeed the snp in theirfirst administration under alex salmond governed as a minority government, but at what it means is that they will now have to reach out to other parties to get backing for their policies. there will have to be more compromises going forward with other parties such as the conservatives or labour, or indeed the greens. they are united with the snp that scotland should be an independent country, but make no mistake, this will be a challenging time for the snp, for their leader, will be a challenging time for the snp, fortheir leader, humza will be a challenging time for the snp, for their leader, humza yousaf, going forward. snp, for their leader, humza yousaf, going forward-— going forward. here is the reaction from the green _ going forward. here is the reaction from the green co-le

first administration had 47 msps. he had to work with all of their parties .parties. he made great progress delivering real improvements to the lives of the people of scotland. and then in his only the only administration to have a real majority from 2011, he continued to build and advance on that and was able to deliver that that important goal of an independence referendum, which no one since has been able to come anywhere close to. but the fundamental difference with alec and those who have come after him is that alec was absolutely focused on delivering tangible outcomes for the people of scotland. everybody knew that life was better. with alec at the helm of the country . vie. the helm of the country. vie. whereas since then and what we've been through with nicola sturgeon is there have been great headlines, but the substance underneath that has been completely absent and the merger of the of the police forces wasn't a great idea or seemed to be that good. well, i think these things can work if you're prepared to put the effort in to work out the detail,

captive vsushnik gorin, it was british instructors who trained the ukrainian military for sabotage on the mspilling rig in the black sea. the fsb also has information that british intelligence services supply the armed forces of ukraine new samples of explosives, reconnaissance equipment, well... everything that you wouldn’t want to experience on yourself, all these special operations generally resemble nothing more than an experimental circle, and few people care about the fate of their wards or test subjects? well, now reports from the middle east are coming with data on possible escalation in this region. the american press warns that iran may soon strike israel. in response to the israeli air force attacking the iranian embassy in damascus earlier this month. we will find out about the situation from the boss middle east news bureau of sergei pashkov. sergey, hello. what is happening in the country now? hello colleagues, yes, indeed. israel froze in tense anticipation of an iranian response. let me remind you that on april 1 , six missiles hit the iranian consulate building in the city of

the alba party msp , the country.lba party msp, whose vote could be crucial to scotland's first minister, says it's scotland's first minister, says wsfime scotland's first minister, says it's time to build relationships. but the price of her support will be higher as some of the use of dithers, ash regan hasn't confirmed how she'll vote in the motions of no confidence. holyrood is expected to take place in the coming week. writing in the sunday mail, she said she will only use her vote in the way that will be best for scotland. meanwhile, yusuf is asking leaders of rival parties to find common ground with the snp as his leadership hangsin with the snp as his leadership hangs in the balance. it comes after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens . for the latest stories, greens. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . camilla. >> thanks, tatiana. welcome back to the camilla tominey show. lots more

they won't march alongside alba msps . and indeed, that alba msps. division is what's led to another march happening here in the same city and only a couple of weeks time. that, of course, with the scottish greens, you know, threatening to leave the coalition government with the snp, leaving them a minority government that is also going to be high on humza yousafs mind this week. but for today at least, there's going to be a pause to the pro—palestinian protests here in glasgow and the pro—independence movement will they'll be hoping for big numbers and a big attendance today to show that there is still an appetite for many people here in scotland . people here in scotland. interesting. all right, tony, thanks a lot , tony, yeah. well, thanks a lot, tony, yeah. well, it's 2014. they said was the once in a lifetime vote, and it would be the once in a generation vote. and that was it. but there we go. that's the. >> well, hopefully they're thinking that maybe they'll be lucky time round, but lucky second time round, but we'll see if it ever we'll have

their only msp , ash regan, hasn't confirmed msp, ash regan, hasn't confirmed if she'll support humza yousaf , if she'll support humza yousaf, but it's thought that her vote could be crucial. mr yousaf is asking leaders of rival parties to find common ground after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens . sharing deal with the greens. well, for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code. it's on the right hand side of your screen right now or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now let's go to free speech nation. >> students occupy buildings at columbia university. humza yousaf is teetering on the brink and the nhs says that it will use the word woman once more. this is free speech nation . this is free speech nation. welcome to free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. this is the show where we take a look at culture, current affairs and politics. and of course, we'll have the latest from those culture warriors who claim to be on the right side of history and who will ruin your life and reputation in the name of compassion and love.

high-tech gorin, it was british instructors who trained the ukrainian military for sabotage on the mspn the black sea. the fsb also has information that british intelligence services are supplying the ssu with new types of explosives. substances, intelligence means, everything that you wouldn’t want to experience on yourself, all these special operations resemble nothing more than an experimental circle, and few people care about the fate of their wards or test subjects. denis alekseev, sergey kovalev, lead. created a criminal group to take over state money and donations from ukraine’s international partners. a report from ukrainian anti-corruption fighters who uncovered a scheme to steal the budget allocated for restoring the infrastructure of kharkov. it turned out that during the purchase of pipes, windows and technical salt, businessmen and officials who conspired with each other managed to steal more than 4 million dollars, part of which, by the way, was allocated to the kiev regime by the international bank for reconstruction and development. the scheme is the simplest: the utili

she's the only other nationalist msp in holyrood and because the snp is one seat short of a majority in holyrood, we've got to assume that the whole of the snp will vote for confidence in humza yousaf. everything now rests on what ash regan decides to do if she votes to keep humza yousaf in, then he can cling on to his job. but if she decides to vote, no confidence in him , then his confidence in him, then his position becomes completely untenable and he has to go. there are those who are saying that even if he manages to win this vote of no confidence, his position is still untenable . position is still untenable. next time there is a vote in holyrood, which will presumably be quite soon, the conservatives, labour and now the greens , the snp's former the greens, the snp's former coalition partners, will all vote against the snp. the snp will lose vote after vote and it will lose vote after vote and it will become impossible for humza yousaf to keep his job. so either way, it seems as though he made a pretty major miscarriage. elation in ending that coalition relationship with the g

therefore, the scottish greens msps have decided that we will support a vote of no confidence in therious and insist they will not back mr yousaf in a confidence vote in the coming days. nonetheless, the snp leader has written to all the opposition leaders at holyrood, arguing people want to see political parties work together and inviting them to discuss their concerns and priorities. ash regen of the alba party could be the kingmaker, her support alone might be enough for mr yousaf to survive. alba party's leader, alex salmond, told the sunday times mr yousaf might win her over by striking an electoral pact in which snp candidates stood aside in favour of alba in some seats in future elections. but a source close to mr yousaf called the idea "a fantasy and ridiculous". the main opposition say the first minister has run out of road. i think it's an act of desperation on the part of the current first minister. we've had plenty of opportunities to co—operate over the years, but to be frank with you, what i'm looking at is a very chaotic government that's frankly incompetent and embarr

mr yousaf is due to meet the only alba party msp, ash regan, this week, despite ruling out an electorala and the snp. alexandra mackenzie reports. humza yousaf is fighting for his political future as he faces a vote of no confidence as first minister in a minority government. after he decided to end a power—sharing deal, the bute house agreement, with the scottish greens. one senior snp mp made an appeal to the scottish green party. i apologise for what has happened this week, it could have happened in a different way but we are where we are. but the choice every member of the scottish parliament has this week is are we going to support that government under humza yousaf to make sure that we deliver the legislation that we all agree on? but the greens insist they will not back mr yousaf in the coming days. the scottish green group have said we will vote in support _ of a vote of no confidence - against humza yousaf and i cannot imagine anything at this point that could change that position. - this was a spectacular breach . of trust, from going on tuesday to saying the bute house agreem

at the scottish parliament, where the conservatives are calling on mp5, to back their motion mp5, mspstion on repealing the hate crime bill. live pictures there from holyrood and will cross live to scotland to get the full story. a little later in the show. but first to a story that makes me very, very proud. the largest cross of saint george in the entire country has been unfurled in my home city of nottingham. look at it now. we all know how so many people have tried to cancel england's national flag, so this is a great thing to see. six days before saint george's day. well, we've been out and aboutin day. well, we've been out and about in nottingham to get the views of the locals. >> i think it's really good to see it up there. it's good to see it up there. it's good to see a celebration of, of england, the country. i think there's lot times we there's a lot of times now we don't celebrate it's good to don't celebrate and it's good to see. it's pretty good see. i think it's pretty good actually. looks good. actually. it looks pretty good. yeah. support local, yeah. nice to support t

msps will have 28 days to find his replacement or an election is called, and the names of possible contendersng to be the leader of the snp. i've been somewhat overwhelmed by the requests that have been made of me to do that. scottish national party leader... kate forbes narrowly lost out to humza yousaf in the contest, which saw him become leader. she is said to be considering another bid. itjust hasn't gone well. and when things go badly, it's time for a change. and the time for kate has now come. there are some who now argue that this political implosion could be an opportunity for scotland's party of government for over 15 years to get back on the front foot. it has the potential to bounce back. this could turn the fortunes of the snp if, and only if, they can come together really quickly, put an end to the bickering and the sniping that's taken place for the last 12 months. and who could ask for a better country to lead than scotland? humza yousaf�*s successor will face significant challenges, leading a minority government and trying to unite a party bruised by political own goals and so