Holding office was the downfall of the independence dream, says TERRY MURDEN It was surely no coincidence that Humza Yousaf chose housing as the centrepiece of his “comeback’ message on Friday. Just two days earlier his housing minister Paul McLennan was the target of a verbal onslaught at a property conference where he was accused […]
Humza Yousaf
Aspiring statesman with a sting in his tail
SNP leader Humza Yousaf showed his mettle to party delegates, but he cannot survive on giveaways, says TERRY MURDEN Is Humza Yousaf finished or has he just got started? On the evidence of the SNP leader’s confident and rousing address to his party’s annual conference it would be foolish to write him off, or to […]
Economic growth? You’re having a laugh
TERRY MURDEN was underwhelmed by the First Minister’s Programme for Government Well, it was hardly worth the wait. Humza Yousaf had been expected to put the government on an economic war footing. Instead, the guns fell silent. The Programme for Government was not so much a robust response to the clarion call from business but […]
Key to growth lies outside Scotland’s borders
Humza Yousaf needs to work with the power brokers south of the border to have any chance of growing the economy, writes TERRY MURDEN There will be no getting away from putting the economy at the forefront of Scottish government policy as Humza Yousaf lays out his plans for the next year. With a growing […]
Yousaf needs quick fixes to settle tensions
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says Humza Yousaf has to turn from dreamer to fixer if he is to fend off growing unrest in his party Humza Yousaf is marking a month since becoming First Minister, four weeks that have seen a level of turmoil in his party to test a veteran, but enough […]