SCOTTISH politics has been through another turbulent couple of weeks, after Humza Yousaf’s decision to dump the Greens and end their coalition left the SNP in disarray.

That ill-fated move has now cost him his job and ushered in John Swinney as the second unelected SNP First Minister of this parliamentary session.

After rightly calling out the Tories for foisting two unelected Prime Ministers on the UK in Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the SNP have now done the same by imposing their third First Minister in a little over a year.

At a time when it is clearer than ever that the people of Scotland are crying out for change, the SNP has decided to turn to yesterday’s man in Mr Swinney. The man who resigned the leadership 20 years ago after a series of electoral defeats is now back at the helm.

Mr Swinney cannot represent change – he only offers more of the same SNP failure. He was the Finance Secretary who broke the public finances, the worst Education Secretary in the history of the Scottish Parliament, the Deputy First Minister who deleted evidence meant for the Covid Inquiry and Nicola Sturgeon’s right-hand man throughout her time in office.

Scotland’s public services are in crisis. Almost one in six Scots is on a NHS waiting list, the economy is stagnating and homelessness is on the rise. But rather than facing up to these challenges and putting their case to the public, the SNP has chosen to put the interests of their party before the country yet again.

I know from the conversations I have every week with voters across East Lothian and beyond that people are turning away from both the Tories and the SNP.

Both our governments are tired and out of ideas, which is why Scottish Labour is demanding a Scottish Parliament election alongside the UK General Election to deliver the change we need.