Humza 'Pants On Fire' Yousaf
The SNP minister who drove through the same-sex marriage bill has accused Humza Yousaf of lying and urged him to quit the race to be first minister https://t.co/jjcJ9xPXzm
— The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland (@timesscotland) March 3, 2023
SNP ministers are all bound by the Nolan principles and its seven key standards in public life - which include honesty and integrity, of course.
Yet here we have the remarkable sight of Humza Yousaf calling former SNP cabinet colleagues liars over claims that he asked to be 'skipped' for an important vote on same sex marriage.
The record shows the meeting was put in Yousaf's ministerial diary well after the date for a vote had been set and Alex Neil was the SNP minister who drove the bill through the Scottish Parliament.
Maybe the way out of this mess is for Humza Yousaf to agree to refer himself to the Independent Advisers on Scotland's Ministerial Code, if he wins the SNP leadership contest.
Because it's clearly impossible for both Alex Neil and Humza Yousaf to be telling the truth - and there are other senior political figures backing up what Alex Neil has to say.