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Humza Yousaf has been plunged into the biggest threat to his premiership yet, as the SNP’s coalition with the Scottish Greens has collapsed.
The Greens have been furious with the SNP since last Wednesday when the Scottish Government ditched both its flagship climate emissions target and rowed back on allowing transgender children to access hormone drugs.
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On April 18, the SNP confirmed it was ditching its world-leading pledge to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030.
Last week the Scottish Tories tried twisting the knife, saying it was a surprise that Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, the Scottish Green co-leaders who signed that agreement, had not resigned their ministerial posts in embarrassment.
This morning the Bute House Agreement - the 2021 deal that saw the SNP and Greens enter into a formal governing coalition - has been ended.
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Mr Yousaf could be on the brink if the Greens pull out of Government (Image: Getty)
Mr Yousaf will hold a press conference at 10am to explain the development.
Just yesterday the First Minister told reporters that a vote on the coalition is not what SNP members want or need "at this time".
The huge Scottish political development comes after Mr Yousaf called his ministers in for an emergency cabinet meeting this morning.
Scottish ministers usually meet on Tuesdays, however were reconvened for a second meeting at 8.30.
With the Greens pulling out of the coalition agreement, it could leave Mr Yousaf’s very premiership on the line.
With 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, any Government requires 65 MSPs.
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The SNP have just 63, leaving them short of an overall majority and now forcing the First Minister to lead a minority government for the first time since 2007.
Meanwhile the anti-independence opposition parties - the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems - have 57 seats.
It’s unclear whether the Greens, despite potentially calling time on their coalition deal, would support the SNP in a confidence vote.
Last week the Scottish Greens confirmed that members would vote on whether their party should remain in power with the SNP.
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On Tuesday, Mr Harvie also said he would quit his role if party members voted to dissolve the Holyrood coalition.
He warned that leaving Government would be a “mistake”, and if the Greens returned to the opposition, “I genuinely don't see how it would be realistic for me to carry on in that way in those circumstances”.
Former SNP minister Alex Neil, however, has argued that his party’s deal with the SNP is doing “enormous damage” to the SNP’s reputation.
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