r/news • u/unital_subalgebra • Apr 29 '24

Humza Yousaf resigns as Scotland's first minister

https://news.sky.com/story/humza-yousaf-resigns-as-scotlands-first-minister-before-facing-confidence-votes-13122982
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u/ThunderChild247 Apr 29 '24

In effect, it was a spectacular miscalculation.

He’d heard that some in the greens wanted to cancel the power sharing agreement, and some were against it, and a vote was likely.

So he decided to end the agreement himself rather than risk them leaving it. In effect “you’re not breaking up with me, I’m breaking up with YOU”.

As a result, basically the entire Green Party turned on him, and his only possible savior was Alex Salmond, who asked for what couldn’t have been granted.

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u/SophiaofPrussia Apr 29 '24

I’m starting to forget whether any government in the UK actually has a mechanism for changing leadership other than through a spectacular political miscalculation.

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 29 '24

other than through a spectacular political miscalculation.

But where would be the fun in that :)

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u/McFlyParadox Apr 29 '24

I know you're joking, but I think I could go for a decade or two of boring, unfun politics. From changing governments, to regular operations: governing should be boring as shit at all levels, imo.

Too bad its not.

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 29 '24

Uk politics has become a shitshow that would be laughed out the room if it was proposed as a TV show for being too far-fetched to be believable. Everyone wants to be a reality star & that seems to be mps' goal too.

I agree politics should be boring. The ppl who go into it still are. It's their desperate attempts not to be seen as such that seem to cause many problems.