Humza Yousaf’s decision last week to end the Scottish National Party’s power-sharing deal with the Scottish Green Party followed a backlash over the SNP’s decision to scrap climate targets and to put a pause on the prescription of puberty blockers for under-18s.
The Greens accused Yousaf of selling out future generations” over climate and had been due to hold a vote on whether to remain in power with the SNP in response.
Green party co-leader Patrick Harvie said there was also “distress” among members that young trans people would not be able to get the treatment they needed.
Yousaf, for his part, said his SNP party’s alliance with the Greens was “no longer guaranteeing a stable arrangement in parliament.”
You can read more about how the power-sharing relationship collapsed here.