Humza Yousaf on the brink: SNP leader threatens snap Holyrood election as he ... trends now
Humza Yousaf has threatened a snap Holyrood election as he faces a potentially disastrous no-confidence vote.
The Scottish First Minister is frantically trying to bolster his support after triggering meltdown by summarily ditching his Green coalition partners.
They have now pledged to back a confidence motion this week, leaving the result on a knife edge.
Although Mr Yousaf has been pleading with the Greens to prop him up, his fate could rest on the position of Ash Regan, the sole MSP in Alex Salmond's Alba Party.
Mr Salmond, a former First Minister, has called for a deal with the SNP that would see one pro-independence candidate stand in each Scottish constituency.
However, that has been dismissed as 'fantasy' by Mr Yousaf's spokesman, and the SNP leader suggested they were 'ready' for an early election.
Humza Yousaf is frantically trying to bolster his support after triggering meltdown by summarily ditching his Green coalition partners
Alex Salmond, a former First Minister, has called for a deal with the SNP that would see one pro-independence candidate stand in each Scottish constituency
The Scottish First Minister is frantically trying to bolster his support after triggering meltdown by summarily ditching his Green coalition partners Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater (pictured)
If a majority of MSPs back the vote Mr Yousaf would be under intense pressure to resign
Mr Salmond effectively laid out his demands, saying a 'top line' of any discussion with Mr Yousaf would be the idea of reviving the Scotland United strategy – which would see a single pro-independence candidate stand in each Scottish constituency.
He told the Sunday Times: 'If you remember the Scotland United idea from last year which Humza just ignored, which was very popular with the Yes groups and amongst SNP supporters.
'It
