The MSP said 'never say never' when asked if she would run for the SNP's top job again.
Kate Forbes has opened the door for another SNP leadership challenge, saying it is "high time we had a Highlander at the helm”. The MSP said "never say never" when asked if she would run for the SNP's top job again.
But the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP hinted at a potential tilt in an interview with the Irish Times. She told the paper: “It's been pretty tough. Fair play to Humza Yousaf. I think it would have been difficult for anybody. She also told the West Highland Free Press that she would be "incredibly reluctant" to stand again but admitted: "The only reason I would not say never is: Who can control the way circumstances unfold.
Scottish politics Yousaf's time as First Minister has been dominated by the police investigation into the SNP's finances, which saw former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell arrested and released without charge.
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