How Humza Yousaf’s downfall was many years in the making | UK News [Video]

Humza Yousaf made headlines around the world when he took over as Scotland’s first minister in March last year.

He was, as newspapers from the New York Times to the Times of India pointed out, the first Muslim to become the leader of a Western European nation.

But to Scots, he was already one of the most familiar politicians in the country, having first been voted into the Holyrood parliament in 2011 and serving a bunch of high-profile SNP cabinet positions in the years since.

As justice secretary from 2018 to 2021, he introduced the controversial Hate Crime Bill which finally came into effect at the beginning of this month amid a storm of criticism from figures such as JK Rowling and Elon Musk.

After the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, he was handed the health remit and took over the lead on responding to the Covid pandemic.

However, it was …