Scottish Greens describe SNP decision to unilaterally end power-sharing agreement as ‘political cowardice’
Lorna SlaterThe Scottish National Party, one of the co-leaders of the Scottish Greens, has confirmed that its power-sharing arrangement with the SNP has ended.
In a statement, he said the SNP’s decision to terminate the deal without giving party members a say was an “act of political cowardice”.
“I can’t trust him anymore.”
Scottish Greens react to Humza Yousaf’s end of Bute House deal pic.twitter.com/QmJrtXKfbZ
— Alan Smith (@Political_AlanS) April 25, 2024
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In a statement, she said the SNP’s decision to end the deal, without allowing party members a say, was ‘an act of political cowardice”.
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“He can no longer be trusted”
The Scottish Greens respond to Humza Yousaf ending the Bute House Agreement pic.twitter.com/QmJrtXKfbZ
— Alan Smith (@Political_AlanS) April 25, 2024
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Good morning. Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister, has reportedly abandoned the SNP’s power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. He called an emergency meeting of his cabinet this morning, and the co-leaders of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie, who were ministers, were seen leaving soon afterwards. Yousaf reportedly sacked them, and plans to run a minority administration.
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Yousaf has not publicly confirmed this yet, but a press conference is expected later.
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This is from PA Media with some background.
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The Greens were angered when the Scottish net zero Secretary Mairi McAllan announced last week the Scottish government was to ditch a key climate change target.
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That, combined with the decision to pause the use of puberty blockers for new patients attending the only Scottish gender identity clinic for children in Glasgow, resulted in the Greens saying last week that they would have a vote on the future of the powersharing deal.
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That vote is expected to take place later on in May – but it now appears the SNP could end the Bute House Agreement before that.
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The deal, which was signed in 2021 and is named after the official residence of the Scottish first minister in Edinburgh, brought the Green party into government for the first time anywhere in the UK.
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It gave the SNP a majority at Holyrood when the votes of its MSPs were combined with those of the seven Greens members, and also made Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater junior ministers in the Scottish government.
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Without it the SNP would need to operate as a minority administration at Holyrood.
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High-profile figures in the SNP, such as former leadership candidate Kate Forbes and party stalwart Fergus Ewing, have previously called for the deal to be ended.
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We will have more on this as the situation develops.
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Here is the agenda for the day.
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9am: Louise Haigh, the shadow transport secretary, gives a speech setting out details of Labour’s plans to nationalise the rail network.
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9.30am: The ONS publishes crime figures for England and Wales.
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9.45am: Angela van den Bogerd, the former Post Office people services director, gives evidence to the Post Office Horizon inquiry. She is seen as one of the most Post Office executives to give evidence so far because of the key role she played in defending the prosecutions of post officer operators.
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11am: An announcement is expected in the Lords confirming that the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill has received royal assent.
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11.30am: Downing Street holds a lobby briefing.
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Lunchtime: James Cleverly, the home secretary, is speaking at a press gallery lunch at Westminster.
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Early afternoon: Keir Starmer is on a visit to a rail manufacturing plan in the north-east of England.
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Also, David Cameron, the foreign secretary, is in Mongolia on the latest stage of his trip to Central Asia.
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important events
These are from Hamish Morrisona reporter for the Scottish pro-independence newspaper The National.
Green sources have written to Patrick Harvey and Lorna Slater asking them to resign as leaders.A poignant side to Ross Grier pic.twitter.com/atbrHat2rd
— Hamish Morrison (@HMorrison97) April 25, 2024
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Green sources have written to Patrick Harvey and Lorna Slater asking them to resign as leaders.A poignant side to Ross Grier pic.twitter.com/atbrHat2rd
— Hamish Morrison (@HMorrison97) April 25, 2024
After literally less than 24 hours ago saying that SNP members did not want or need a vote on the BHA, we will see how Humza Yousaf changes his decision to kick the Greens out of government. would be interesting. Could it be because he had already decided to put them in the trash?
— Hamish Morrison (@HMorrison97) April 25, 2024
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After literally less than 24 hours ago saying that SNP members did not want or need a vote on the BHA, we will see how Humza Yousaf changes his decision to kick the Greens out of government. would be interesting. Could it be because he had already decided to put them in the trash?
— Hamish Morrison (@HMorrison97) April 25, 2024
BHA is the Bute House Agreement.
national is running live blog Regarding the cancellation of the power sharing agreement.
(Neither side called it a coalition, but that’s really what it was.)
The power-sharing arrangement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens in Holyrood has ended, PA media reported.
Hamza Yousaf has reportedly broken a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.
good morning. Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister, is reported to have said: The power-sharing agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens has been scrapped. He called an emergency meeting of his cabinet this morning, but Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie, who were in the cabinet, were seen leaving shortly after. Yousaf reportedly intends to remove them and run a minority government.
Mr. Yousaf has not yet officially confirmed this, but a press conference is scheduled for a later date.
This one comes from PA Media, which has some background.
The Green Party was furious when Scottish Net Zero Secretary Mhairi McCarran announced last week that the Scottish Government would abandon key climate change targets.
This, coupled with the decision to suspend the use of puberty blockers for new patients attending Scotland’s only children’s gender identity clinic in Glasgow, led the Green Party to announce last week that it would hold a vote on the future of the power-sharing arrangement. .
The vote is due to take place in late May, but it now appears the SNP may scrap the Bute House deal before then.
The deal, signed in 2021 and named after the Scottish First Minister’s official residence in Edinburgh, puts the Green Party in government for the first time in the UK.
The bill would give the SNP a majority in Holyrood when combined with the votes of MSPs and seven Green Party members, and would also give the SNP a majority in Holyrood and make Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvey and Lorna Slater the Scottish Government’s permanent secretary. was appointed.
Without that, the SNP would have to operate as a minority government at Holyrood.
Prominent SNP figures including former leadership candidate Kate Forbes and party stalwart Fergus Ewing have previously called for an end to the deal.
We will provide further details on this as the situation develops.
The agenda for the day is:
9am: Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Hague will give a speech detailing Labour’s plans to nationalize the rail network.
9:30am: The ONS publishes crime statistics for England and Wales.
9:45am: Angela van den Bogaard, former Director of People’s Services at the Post Office, will provide evidence for the Post Office Horizon investigation. She is believed to be one of the Postal Service executives who has provided the most evidence so far. She played a key role in defending the prosecution of postal workers.
11am: An announcement is expected in the House of Lords confirming that the Rwanda Security (Asylum and Immigration) Bill has received Royal Assent.
11:30am: A lobby briefing session will be held at Downing Street.
lunch time: Home Secretary James Cleverley speaks at a lunch in the Westminster Press Gallery.
Late afternoon: Keir Starmer is visiting a railway manufacturing project in the north-east of England.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron is also visiting Mongolia in the latest phase of his Central Asia tour.
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