SNP In Meltdown
So the SNP old guard got its way with the narrowest of election victories (52 to 48%) to install Humza Yousaf as SNP leader.
Yousaf's first big decision was to sack his closest rival (Kate Forbes) and appoint a fellow Dundonian and close friend of Nicola Sturgeon (Shona Robison) as his deputy.
The Herald's cartoonist Steven Camley has a great take on the events of the past few weeks.