Deputy leader Keir Brown boasts that the SNP is more “transparent” than other Scottish parties although it may still lose its “short money” if new auditors aren’t found.
The impact on Scottish nationalism and the United Kingdom is more complicated than it might first appear.
The SNP’s treasurer’s arrest is a highly unfortunate backdrop to Humza Yousaf’s big speech.
The former Scottish National Party chief executive is being held as part of a fraud investigation.
The new First Minister’s administration is already showing the potential to degenerate into a total car crash, ending hopes of independence for the next decade.
Being on the backbenches could turn out to be a blessing for Forbes.
Without a history of success in three major government briefs, you have to wonder whether Yousaf has been set up to fail, and fail spectacularly.
Humza Yousaf is intolerant, instinctively authoritarian and a classic example of the Scottish reality that nothing succeeds like failure.
Daily briefing: Yousaf may have come out on top, but after a disastrous few months for the SNP, Labour and the Union are the big winners.
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