Down on Levelling up: The Readout With Allegra Stratton

Six weeks on from Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation, the SNP has this afternoon elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader (as was expected.) It’s remarkable that in 2023 Britain, the prime minister, London mayor and incoming SNP leader all have South Asian heritage.

What also now seems remarkable about Britain in 2023 is that well, it will continue. Yousaf's election means the union more likely to survive. Nicola Sturgeon for a time ran such a formidable operation many wise observers thought she made independence a matter of “when” not “if.”