With a separate voting system that gives smaller parties a greater voice and promotes cooperation, the goal of devolution was to escape the adversarial environment of Westminster.
When Humza Yousaf abruptly ended a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens and expelled them from his cabinet on Monday, there was no indication of that.
The opposition had 65 MSPs to his 63, so he had to try to maintain support to stay in office. This was made more challenging by the motions of no confidence that were brought against him and his administration.
The MSP for Glasgow Pollok made an unsuccessful attempt to win over the disdained Greens; he turned down an offer from the lone MSP for Alex Salmond’s Alba party; and he swiftly tendered his resignation in the face of a humiliating parliamentary defeat.
