Humza Yousaf latest updates: Scotland's first minister 'to resign TODAY' amid ... trends now

The SNP leader, who took over from Ms Sturgeon in March 2023, is facing two votes of no confidence, one in him personally from the Tories and another in his government from Labour.

Excluding the presiding officer there are 128 MSPs in total, but the SNP only has 63 votes while the other opposition parties have 65.

Over the weekend Mr Yousaf has been exploring options to convince one of the opposition party MSPs to vote to save his government.

If he managed to get to 64 votes and tie the vote, the presiding officer would back the status quo, so he would be able to hold on.

The latest phase of the SNP meltdown is likely to have one big winner - Keir Starmer.

Up until 2015, when Labour was put to the sword by the separatists, it dominated north of the border.

But in 2019 the party secured just two constituencies.

Sir Keir is hoping a swathe of seats in Scotland can help bolster his chances of a majority at the general election - as used to be the case for Tony Blair.

Scottish Labour has already been in resurgence under its chief Anas Sarwar.

The long-running police probe into the SNP's finances has undoubtedly helped Mr Sarwar claw back ground.

The prospect of a Labour government at Westminster also helps, as they become seen as the best option for the strong anti-Tory vote in Scotland.

Labour insiders say with every extra percentage of support in Scotland, more constituencies come into play as the SNP's margins of victory were relatively small in 2019.

The most likely candidate he faced the chance of converting was Ash Regan, the sole MSP in Alex Salmond's Alba Party.

Mr Yousaf previously

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