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Last night, Neil Gray MSP, Paul O’Kane MSP 🇺🇦, Craig Hoy MSP, Lorna Slater and Ash Regan MSP took questions on Humza Yousaf's resignation, the front-runners for First Minister, and the new minority government

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“We have to re-establish that consensus on climate. Climate is not a niche issue”

Scottish Greens’ Lorna Slater defends bottle return scheme and says it is difficult to advance policy on climate change when other parties are “backing away”

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“I don’t think these policies are what the public is looking for”

Alba Party’s Ash Regan MSP says the Citizens’ Assembly should be consulted more often on “contested” policy issues such as gender recognition reform and the conversion therapy bill

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“Removing Humza Yousaf was a good start”

Scottish Conservatives’ Craig Hoy MSP says the SNP has not governed in “the national interest” and “only the Scottish Conservatives” can beat them in a future general election

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“It’s clear that people need to have their say and we need to have change”

Scottish Labour’s Paul O’Kane MSP 🇺🇦 says SNP is discussing issues “internally” instead of doing what “Scotland actually needs”

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“Both Kate and John are more popular amongst the electorate across Scotland than Anas Sarwar or Douglas Ross”

SNP’s Neil Gray MSP says despite the “challenges” the SNP has faced they can provide “the strong government” people need

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“It’s about more than one person. This is about the failure of this government“

Scottish Labour’s Paul O’Kane MSP 🇺🇦 says that the general public are “really frustrated there will be another First Minister without a democratic process sitting behind it'

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“Ultimately it was the Scottish Conservative motion lead by Douglas Ross … that brought Humza Yousaf down over the course of the weekend”

Scottish Conservatives’ Craig Hoy MSP says the Scottish Greens leaving government is “good” for Scotland

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“The Bute House Agreement was based on trust and cooperation, but at its heart it was a confidence and supply agreement”

Scottish Greens’ Lorna Slater says a new SNP government will “have to find a partner to work with on every single vote”

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“What we saw over the weekend demonstrated what this was all about for the Alba Party… It’s about the rehabilitation of Alex Salmond”

The SNP’s Neil Gray MSP comments on Ash Regan’s vote to 'bring down an independence-supporting Scottish government”

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“This was a bar that was set so low, it was basically a rope across the floor and yet he managed to trip over it”

Alba Party’s Ash Regan MSP says a “very reasonable proposal” was made to the outgoing First Minister in advance of no-confidence vote

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