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Humza interruptus
As the former first minister of Scotland departs to write his pamphlet-length memoir of political achievement, STEPHEN LOW explores how it all went so wrong
HIGH DRAMA: (Right) Humza Yousaf, who has now resigned, (left) the main chamber of Holyrood during a debate on a motion of no confidence in the Scottish government
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
SO, FAREWELL then, Humza Yousaf. Well, sort of.
Scotland’s here-today, gone-in-a-few-weeks first minister took the decision last week to end his coalition with the Scottish Green Party. He summoned the Greens’ co-leaders, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, to an early morning meeting, told them he was ending the Bute House Agreement, the formal name of the power-sharing deal, and sacked them from their ministerial jobs.
Since then it’s been a tale, whoever has been telling it, “full of sound and fury” and while it may not signify “nothing” it signifies a good deal less than is usually made out.
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