Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the First Minister has to be more focused when using his Government's spending power.
He has faced the most turbulent start of any First Minister in the history of devolution and survived.All leaders have to balance weathering the storms of everyday troubles with delivering the sunny uplands promised to voters.Within weeks of becoming First Minister, predecessor Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell were arrested amid an SNP fraud probe.
Yousaf’s early support for Matheson contributed to the growing sense of crisis, but all three debacles were not of his making. He pitched his tent on the centre-left, described himself as a socialist and cited cuts to child poverty as his number one priority.His big chance to effect bold change was the Budget in December.
All new leaders have a window of opportunity in the early days of government to use their political capital, but Yousaf fluffed his big moment.They want him to fail and will refuse to recognise achievement even when it happens. The Rutherglen nightmare led to an emergency summit at Bute House where former Cabinet Secretaries John Swinney and Bruce Crawford were brought in for advice.
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