as a Scottish person, i’m never getting over how horrifically ugly the Scottish Parliament building is.

Isn’t it concerning just how incompetent leadership and governance across the UK is regardless of who is in charge? The SNP are bad in Scotland, the tories are bad in England, labour are bad in wales and nobody can achieve anything in Northern Ireland? How did we end up with the people in charge being so universally bad?

It’s worth saying the Scottish Parliament system was designed so that no party would ever reach a majority. It was designed to be a coalition structure. The fact SNP ever managed to get a majority was exceptional.

Everything falls into Starmers lap. Tories implode, SNP implode, Liz Truss, Partygate. The guy has had such an easy run

Hamza is as much as an elected leader as Rishi. We need elections.

The PR system in Scotland is designed to produce a coalition - not to prduce a single party with an overall majority.

Such a poor political miscalculation to ditch the greens rather than letting them leave (or makung a joint anouncement). Now the greens would look like fools if they propped him up.

We have too many unelected foreigners in office.

Someone's going to have to look into what supernatural entity Keir Starmer has done deals with because absolutely everything is falling into place perfectly for him to become the next prime minister lmao

@6:48 - "If she decides to vote with her own party..." - or should that be "her OLD party"?

The most interesting thing about all of this is there seems to be no attempt at fixing some of the fundamental problems. Neither of the parties in Scotland seem to be talking about the lack economic growth, the lack of affordable housing, and the dire mess that is healthcare and education. Instead, they squabble about things that don’t really matter

"Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!" - Groundskeeper Willy

Last time I was this early, the SNP was popular

Humza wouldn’t have to resign if the Tory motion passes, it’s non binding. But he would be under considerable pressure to and realistically he would have no prospect of getting anything done in Government.

when ash reagon defected to alba, hamza said that it was no great loss. wonder if he still thinks that now

Thank you for this VERY CLEAR explanation. I tried a dozen other videos to explain this and was left more confused!

One thing I'm really interested to see is how this affects the Green Party next electoral cycle. Apologies, everyone, I'm a massive psephology nerd and this is quite a long comment on the oddities of the Holyrood voting system. For a while now, but particularly in 2021, the Scottish Greens were in a strange place politically, in that much of the electorate saw them as "bonus SNP". This is a weird-sounding description, but let me explain. The voting system for the Scottish Parliament divides seats into two kinds: constituency seats and list seats; each set of seats has a separate vote, and there is nothing compelling you to vote for the same party with both votes. The constituency seats are exactly like Westminster, elected by first past the post; but the list seats are interesting. Lists cover a wider area covering eight to ten constituencies each, and they allocate seats on a proportional basis; *but,* crucially, they do so only after taking the constituency results in that region into account. What this means in practice is that if a party sweeps up all the constituency seats in a region, then they aren't going to get many (or any) list seats, because they are already well overrepresented in the region relative to their list vote. In the context of an SNP-dominated parliament in 2011, 2016 and 2021, this meant that the SNP won the vast majority of constituency seats. This meant that voters who voted SNP in both the constituency and the list were effectively wasting the second vote - because the SNP was so overrepresented in constituencies and the list is meant to undo the unfairness of the constituency vote, that meant that list votes for the SNP were effectively wasted because they didn't elect any additional MSPs. This is where the Greens came in. They worked out a clever strategy - the SNP is very popular, lots of people would love to be able to vote for the SNP with both ballot papers if they could, but the voting system means that if they do that then one of those votes is going to be wasted. But, if only another party could stand there with essentially the same politics, then as long as it's officially a different party, people could vote for it instead with their list vote (while still voting SNP at the constituency level), and those votes are no longer wasted. In other words, the SNP could unofficially have a sister party that enabled it to get round the features of the voting system which attempted to make it proportional. (Of course, the issue is far worse at Westminster, since there's no list voting there at all, it's just dumb FPTP voting for everything.) This explained how in 2016 and 2021, with voting going down almost entirely along constitutional lines, and voters being essentially 50-50 split on the national question, nationalist MSPs were able to win fairly comfortable (around 55-45) majorities of seats at Holyrood. Indeed, the Greens didn't even stand in most constituencies, tacitly advocating SNP + Green vote-splitting to maximise the overall seat totals for nationalist parties. But since 2021, the national question, while remaining 50-50, has plummeted in terms of salience, and Scottish politics has depolarised from this one issue. Indeed, it was this that allowed the SNP-Green deal to break down, since that one thing held them together no matter what else they bickered about behind closed doors. Now that independence is off the agenda anyway, there is much less glue tying the parties together. Obviously this has resulted in the breakdown of the Bute House Agreement; but I'm curious to see ehat impact it has on electoral politics in Scotland. It is clear that, unlike 2021, the Greens are no longer "SNP bonus seats"; they also support independence but that is no longer the be-all-and-end-all; and they have notable differences in many policy areas. Does this mean that there previous strategy of riding on the SNP's coattails isn't going to work for them any more? An unusual thing about the party is that they haven't really had their campaigning muscles flexed, since their method of winning voters has historically not been to go out and sell their policies to the electorate, but mkre just to exploit a quirk of the voting system. Which raises the question - are the Greens actually popular? How are they going to persuade people to vote for them, now that persuasion is actually important (which in politics it always should be)?

Hold up... winning ONLY 64 seats? The parliament isn't designed to have a majority anyway, so ONLY 64 seats is still great. It's better than what the system is supposed to be... about coalition and cross party support. Just a tad misleading there.

Get rid of him now 😡😡😡😡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What's happening in Scotland ? We are taking out the trash.

One interesting (and quite funny) factor with Ash Regan too is that when Humza won the race to be leader of the party and Regan left to join Alba, Humza said something along the lines of "nothing of value has been lost". I'd have bit my tongue if I were you Humza

This is an excellent explainer, great video 👍

So the vote of no confidence in leader is not a binding vote, he could continue on (though this would be pretty untenable). There's also a separate vote for no confidence in the government, which is legally binding, and if that was lost it would go to an election

Update: yousaf has resigned

If anyone listened to how Humza Yousaf laid into Alex Salmond when he was interview on the Leading podcast by Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell, it’s pretty obvious that it’s unlikely that a member of his Alba party is going to vote in favour of Yousaf. My money would be on the no confidence motion being successful and then Kate Forbes becoming leader of a minority SNP government as the Scottish Greens have already said that won’t back her due to her well known views on trans issues.

He is GONE

This seems to be one of few legitimately objective showcases of the topic, thank you

Love her or hate her, Sturgeon was sort of a powerhouse in UK Politics. Scotland does not have anyone ready or able to fill the vaccum she left behind

As an ardent supporter of the Union, I sincerely hope that Humza remains First Minister.

I was waiting for them to make a video about this

FYI, Alba is the Scottish Gaelic word for 'Scotland' and it's pronounced 'Al-up-a' - in this case the B sounds more like a P. Confusing I know, even some of the party members don't get that right!

great video summarizing the situation. Well explained.

Ash Regan's vote becomes pivotal IF all SNP MSPs vote in support of Yousaf. Given the smug superiority (without foundation), inability to compromise (i.e. you're either with us or a pariah) and how unpopular recent policy decisions have been it would be unwise to think of that as a given. In the vote of no confidence of the Government it would be turkeys voting for Christmas but of no confidence in Yousaf that's not so clear cut. Strategically it could be better for opposition parties to keep a useless First Minister in charge and give them a better chance at an election. So how bad must you have to be for the opposition to declare enough to be enough? SNP MSPs wishing to keep their seats in any forthcoming election may well decide it better to get a new leader and time for them to repair some damage before election time comes.

One of the first notifications that popped up on my phone this mornong was about Humza Yousaf stepping down.

He resigned

And he`s gone.

"no great loss"

I'm surprised they were allowed to vote against him. Isn't it a crime now to criticize anyone darker than a paper bag?

Sounds just like Sturgeon and the SNP, similar scenarios, large government contracts followed by large donations back to the SNP...money laundering?

Yousaf would not 'have' to resign as suggested in the video if he loses the confidence vote. It is not binding however it would be highly unusual for him not to do so.

Correction: if Yousaf lost the no confidence vote, he would be expected to resign but not required to as it’s not a binding motion His credibility would be irreparably diminished but he has indicated he wouldn’t resign if he lost

The timing here is absolutely gold

Very well presented si will be following.

People are learning why he is called Humza Useless

All I see with those SNP signs is Single Nucleotide Polymorphism.

When your government says that your people have to much representation what do you expect to happen?

The first thing the fool did was to take his friends to the Cabinet room and pray his inexistent god... poor fool... now his god and him are out of the government 😂😂😂

As a Canadian who has lived in Scotland I have to say your politics are much more entertaining

Devolved Governments was such a shit idea. Only a politician could think more government would be a good idea.

Oh no, not... *SHADY FORCES!!!!*

Humza Yousaf has nothing to do with Scotland.

Now I have the confidence to say Kate Forbes will be the next Scottish Minister

He'll offer Ash Regan whatever she wants to get himself over the line in both the votes of no confidence, then renege on everything he promised.

supply and confidence arrangements always end in tears

Ingoni... i would not trust these scammers if you paid me.... dude don't align yourself with these people

A lot of media have explained this poorly, thank you for a clear explanation of what is happening

He needs to go. Such a shame as the SNP had some pretty decent wins in parliament.

Thanks for audio level adjustments for the ads folks! Much better now 🙏🏽

Given that party affiliation can be a huge part of someone's decision who to vote for, I think that an elected member changing party should trigger a by-election. If they are confident that they got support for who they are and not what party they are a member of then they shouldn't be afraid of going to polls again, but if the electorate don't agree with their reasons for switching allegiance then they should be given the opportunity to change their representative.

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Humza Useless

This is completely uninteresting to those of us who do not reside in the UK 😐

"will the Scottish government collapse?" ... Already did didn't it. 🤢🤮🤮🤮

I'm actually an SNP member, but after this fiasco I'm reconsidering my party of choice. Realistically I'll probably still vote SNP, since they’re the only non-Tory party with a hope of winning my constituency, but that's no reason to keep paying membership fees. The only reason I've stuck with them this long was that Humza seemed to be trying to maintain Nicola's legacy. Now that he's apparently leaning towards supporting the sorts of extremist positions proposed by Ash Regan and Kate Forbes in the leadership election, that's no longer the case.

Varadkar, Sunak, Kahn, Hamza…. where are the native UK people to govern UK people?

well, this episode of TLDR news sure seems poigniant with news of Yousef's resignation this morning

Thx for the vid! Bit of a minor error in the credits: Ben isn't Jack. Not yet... lol

Humza not Hamza

Scotland has been on a downward trajectory ever since the Scottish National Party (SNP) assumed control, as if the party has been treating Scotland as a testing ground for their policies. Since the SNP came into power, numerous aspects of Scottish society have taken a sharp decline. The National Health Service (NHS) has deteriorated significantly, with numerous challenges and shortcomings. Education in Scotland is now widely regarded as one of the poorest in Europe, failing to meet the standards set by other nations. Additionally, the issue of drug abuse has seen a worrying surge, causing further concerns for the nation. These are just a few examples of the numerous negative consequences that have emerged under the SNP's governance. As an Englishman expressing my thoughts, it is my desire to witness Scotland reclaim its greatness, which necessitates the appointment of a fresh leader.

Presenter, it's HUM-za. Not HAM-za. Ffs

With the advent of Mayors in England we can expect more of this

It's happening all over the Western World. We swung wildly left, and it was disastrous. Now we're correcting (or rather over-correcting) to the right. It'll be nice for the period we're back to center, but as per usual, we'll go too far and have to swing back left again. We need viable and sane third parties that represent the middle foe a while.

WHITE, WHITE, WHITE. That whole speech has been stained in my memory, I'd love to see Alex Salmond or better yet Nicola Sturgeon do that in Pakistan. The whole thing is a massive joke.

I for one am happy that we hopefully get no dominant party again. We need more cooperation.

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Militarily alone, Scotlands geographical location will mean the defence of Britain will mean Scotland will always be part of the United Kingdom.

There's a fun detail that's been missed here - Alison Johnson (the Presiding Officer) was herself a Green MSP before she took on the role. If the Presiding Officer had been an SNP MSP the the Parliamentary arithmetic would be set in stone regardless of how Ash Reagan voted Also Humza Yousaf's forename is pronounced "Hum-za", not "Ham-za". He's said his own name in interviews before and that's how he pronounces it

There's no shortage of people harping on about how the system is designed and how it should result in no single party having a majority while completely ignoring the consequence of this. Yes, we would expect there to be no single majority party, but without a coalition, a minority government is severely impacted in divisions without key support. This inevitably fails the voter before all others. A paralysed government is no government at all. That said I think this draws on a second problem that we are seeing across the UK in that party leaders who are elected only by their counterparts or party members are never truly accepted by the electorate. Yes, im sure there's plenty of rhetoric about how we elect MPs/MSPs and not PMs/FMs, but it's dishonest to suggest voters dont give this consideration when casting their ballot. Yousaf is just another (like Gethings and Sunak) who has been shoehorned in, mid-term by their peers and not the wider electorate. People are clearly growing tired of this.

I hope so

'It's prospects at the next general election look dire'. Meanwhile the accompanying opinion pole graphic shows SNP and Labour about even..... Was the graph too long to look at?

Looks like Scotland’s window for independence has come and gone.

How can you do this story without the context of the new hate crime laws? That is what has turned the country against him.

To gently point something out, in the Scottish Parliament the chair is called the Presiding Officer rather than Speaker. Also, the no confidence vote in the First Minister would not legally compell him to resign (although whether he could survive politically is another matter). Only a no confidence vote in the Scottish Government would trigger the process of having to form a new one within 28 days.

Strange that greens and Tories combine to allow Labour in ????

Disliking every video that has implication that an automated request from a browser addon would somehow deter "shady data brokers" from selling my personal data to whomever they bloody like.

Who cares just get him OUT

"The lord president: White! , The lord justice clerk: White! Every High court judge: White!, The lord advocate: White!, The chief constable: White! Every deputy chief constable: White!" He can now add "Every defecting Green Party Member of Scottish Parliament is White!" to his rant list.

According to the alba party it'd pronounced closer to Al-li-pa

Scottish Green party member here. The funniest thing in all of this is that the vote we were going to have about the Bute House Agreement would likely have failed. Though many of us were very pissed off with the SNP for backing down on the environment and transgender rights recently (which is what prompted the vote in the first place). So if Yousaf was dissolving the agreement in order to appear strong before the Greens broke it, we were very unlikely to break it.

Good. Yousef is more occupied with Gaza than with Scotland. A disgrace of a statehead

Waiting for the TLDR to finish furiously writing the resignation video.

Sad how the Scottish National Party isn’t Scottish or nationalist

Climite goals have killed UK's industry for no good reason. Boat people have killed UK's culture. Trans have killed the Scott's "enlightenment "

I love this channel but you don't have many Scottish people on staff, do you?

Are you worried? He thinks he can beat him he thinks he’s some sort of goddess is untouchable

So my fellow brits, what's everyones favourite colour? I like orange

As someone who supports Scottish independence I am still glad to see this. The SNP have fell into the same problem that all parties do when they've been in power too long. Inward looking, insular and detached from the electorate and what people want. They promote people based on entitlement rather than ability and more importantly, connection to voters. They need a defeat at the polls to refocus. Humza is a symptom of this. The SNP think it was his turn to lead. Oblivious to the fact that the people of Scotland, even SNP voters, see him as a narcissistic bully.

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Well Yousaf lasted less than my DVD player’s warranty.

The ALBA party is pronounced “AH-LA-PA”