Humza Yousaf has the 'power to govern' without calling a Holyrood election, his campaign manager has insisted
Humza Yousaf has the "power to govern" without calling a Holyrood election, his campaign manager has insisted.
"This is a different situation than what we faced when Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair, for instance, where there wasn’t an election or, indeed, the various Conservative leaders who have been elected by the party over the last few years. Opposition politicians can put themselves up to become first minister in the Tuesday afternoon session at Holyrood, but they face long odds to win the contest.
He has repeatedly said he would challenge that move in court and seek to put the controversial Bill on to the statute book – although in the latter phases of the SNP leadership campaign he said he would not push ahead with a challenge if legal advice said it could not be won.
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