Humza Yousaf and the (temporary?) SNP retreat

Humza Yousaf and the (temporary?) SNP retreat 

SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE March 27, 2023 View in browser Humza Yousaf and the (temporary?) SNP retreat  Humza Yousaf won the Scottish National Party leadership by an uncomfortably narrow margin for a runaway betting favourite. As Professor John Curtice comments in his analysis for The Independent, Yousaf has limited appeal beyond the SNP: "Now we discover that the new leader is not especially popular with the party faithful either." However, I think Yousaf marks a transition to a better possible path to independence for the party, in that he recognises that it will happen only if there is a sustained and significant majority for it – rather than the Nicola Sturgeon tactic of hoping to dash for another referendum and sneak to separation by 50 per cent plus one. In the meantime, though, the party is further away from its goal than it has been for a quarter of a century.  Quiz question Which word has four consecutive letters of the alphabet in order? 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