Listen: Scottish Green MSP sobs on radio over coalition collapse

If the Scottish Greens are good at anything, it's making every issue about themselves. While the First Minister of Scotland faces two votes of no confidence next week — one in his own leadership and another in the SNP government — his party's former coalition partners continue to vent their anger at the breakdown of the Bute House Agreement on the airwaves.

As though a scorned lover, Patrick Harvie's barmy army has used most of the last 36 hours to release embittered statements about their abrupt exit from government. After Yousaf tore apart the coalition deal on Thursday morning, Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater told reporters that hapless Humza's decision was 'an act of political cowardice' adding that: 'Humza Yousaf has signalled that when it comes to political cooperation, he can no longer be trusted.' Harvie, who also leads the Scottish Greens, raged openly at Yousaf during First Minister's Questions, asking him:

Who does the First Minister think he has pleased most today? Douglas Ross, Fergus Ewing or Alex Salmond. And more to the point, which of them does he think he can rely on for a majority in parliament now?

And now Gillian Mackay MSP, Central Scotland's Green MSP, has gone one step further — bursting into tears on BBC Radio Scotland as she detailed her upset with those nasty Nats. After presenter John Beattie commented that Mackay sounded 'very bitter', the tearful eco-activist confessed:

I'm actually quite upset. It's… A lot of people will have seen me being upset. We've have two and a half years — sorry — of working really well together. And it's really sad that that's all been undone by one person. I've got some really good friends within that government, who I know are hurting as much as we are, because they've been down to see us. And, to every member of the SNP, we are sorry that this has come to an end, as I'm sure many of you are. We don't want to be in this position but it's the First Minister that's put us here.

Gosh. It's quite something…

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