The SNP’s hold on Holyrood is in the balance

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The SNP’s hold on Holyrood is in the balance

Three months before Glasgow hosted Cop26 in 2021, the Greens signed the Bute House power-sharing agreement with the SNP and entered government in Scotland. That agreement is now in the balance. Green Party members and senior councillors pressured the leadership on Friday 19 April to hold an emergency meeting on whether to remain in government with the SNP. The trigger was threefold: the decision to scrap a 2030 target to reduce carbon emissions …