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Yousaf precipitated a crisis in his government on Thursday morning after he blindsided colleagues by ripping up the Bute House agreement with the Scottish Greens, brokered by Nicola Sturgeon after the 2021 Holyrood election, which cemented a progressive pro-independence majority in the Scottish parliament.

The Greens reacted furiously, immediately agreeing to support a motion of no confidence in Yousaf’s leadership brought by the Scottish Conservatives.

With the party facing its second leadership contest in a little over a year, Yousaf’s deputy first minister, Shona Robison, is second in command in the government but does not hold the same post in the SNP.

Party officials have tried to persuade Sturgeon’s highly experienced former deputy, John Swinney, to take on the role but he is said to be reluctant for personal reasons.

With the prospect of a deal with the party of the former first minster, who has been a vocal critic of Yousaf’s leadership, unpalatable and the Greens remaining unequivocal in their position on Sunday, the first minster must decide whether to dare these other pro-independence parties to bring down an SNP leader or step aside now.

“Everybody understands how deeply regrettable and unnecessary this whole situation was”, he said, adding: “I think it is really important that we return to stability.”

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