Humza Yousaf refuses to rule out Scottish elections as vote of no confidence looms

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Humza Yousaf has not ruled out the possibility of a Holyrood election after writing to Scottish political party leaders seeking “common ground” ahead of a vote on crucial censure.

< p>It comes as the Alba Party, whose sole MP Ash Regan could hold a key vote for Mr Yousaf's future, held an emergency meeting to discuss the path forward. follow.

The Prime Minister is trying to build bridges. with other Holyrood political leaders, inviting them for talks at his official residence. He hopes to hold separate meetings with each group at Bute House in Edinburgh to discuss how they can "contribute constructively", while acknowledging that there are "strong feelings" about upcoming confidence votes.

Mr. Yousaf sent letters to the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, Scottish Greens, Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Alba Party on Friday evening.

Mr. Yousaf on Thursday ended the power-sharing deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, leading the smaller pro-independence party, announcing he would support the motion of no confidence in his leadership.

Mr. Yousaf spoke to Sky News on Saturday, saying he hoped to hear from other Holyrood leaders soon.

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Mr Yousaf was told that, given the Lack of support from the Greens, Ms Regan could be crucial to her political survival.

He said: "It would be really disappointing if this is the Greens' position.

" As I said, I contacted them, they are saying publicly that they are going to support a conservative motion against a Prime Minister, a pro-independence government.< /p>

"I think that would be a bad choice to make . So, of course, I have also written to Ash Regan I look forward to speaking to him too."

The governing body of the pro-independence Alba Party, led by former Prime Minister Alex Salmond. , is holding an emergency meeting this weekend at which Ms Regan has set out “the areas of importance to the Scottish people in which she will seek to make progress”. I am not ruling it out."

In his letters, Mr Yousaf highlighted that the Scottish Parliament had previous experience of minority administrations which had brought benefits to "people, communities and businesses ".

He said: "I recognize the strong feeling...