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SNP leadership race: Health secretary holds off strong challenge from Kate Forbes to replace Nicola Sturgeon

Can I begin by thanking our National Secretary Lorna Finn and can I thank our headquarters staff for all the effort they have put in right…

As the SNP move into a new era, voters will be watching closely to see whether Humza Yousaf can handle leading the country as First Minister.

I just want to go back to alexander in edinburgh for us. among the wider electorate, kate forbes is more popular. what you think that will mean in the way he approaches a role in how he might view the prospect of trying to call another referendum or even calling an election? he trying to call another referendum or even calling an election?— even calling an election? he was asked something _ even calling an election? he was asked something along - even calling an election? he was asked something along those - even calling an election? he was l asked something along those lines even calling an...

For the snp, though, this was a bruising campaign, with mr yousaf painted by his rivals as a lightweight who would not, could not, deliver independence. over the last five weeks, we may have been competitors or supporters of different candidates. we are no longer team humza or team ash or team kate. we are one team, and we will be the team, we will be the generation that delivers independence for scotland. you have suggested during this campaign that it will be difficult to fill the shoes of nicola sturgeon, and yet on the central defining mission of your party, independence, ultimately she fa...