Are We Rapidly Moving To Another Scottish Government Election As Motions Of No Confidence Flying Fast

26th April 2024

The Labour List Web site is pushing out the latest on motions of no confidence so with tensions rising to wards the motions to be taken next week thing are moving swiftly. Is everyone ready for another election for the Scottish Government?.

The future of Humza Yousaf's SNP government is on a knife-edge as he faces down the prospect of a no confidence vote next week.

Four of the opposition parties, including Labour, are backing the move to oust the minority SNP government, following the First Minister's decision to dump his Green coalition partners before he got dumped by them.

The fallout from the scrapping of the Bute House Agreement caused furore in Holyrood during First Minister's Questions yesterday - with Labour and the Conservatives reminding Yousaf that only days ago he had described the deal with the Greens as being "worth its weight in gold". What a difference a few days make...

With 64 MSPs backing the no confidence vote, Yousaf is seemingly reliant on one woman for his political survival - Ash Regan. Yes, the same Ash Regan who fought against Yousaf for the SNP leadership and defected to Alex Salmond's Alba Party. At the time, Yousaf said her defection was "no great loss" – the irony is not lost on us either.

Should the government in Scotland fall, voters could be going to the polls for Holyrood sooner rather than later. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar writes for LabourList, arguing the party is ready to deliver change.

"The time for change has come – we need a general election across the UK, and we need an election here in Scotland too," he said.

Events in Holyrood are developing quickly, with Sarwar now confirming Labour will put forward its own motion of no confidence in the Scottish government this afternoon.