Humza Yousaf has been dealt a crushing blow as a new poll has shown that 7 out of 10 Scots want "fresh leaders".
While a Holyrood election is not scheduled until 2026, a poll of 1,000 voters in Scotland found that 70 per cent of Scots agree that the country needs new leaders.
It also found that more people disagree than agree that the SNP deserve to be re-elected, with 46 per cent disagreeing and 36 per cent agreeing.
Just 26 per cent of voters agreed that "competent" is an accurate description of the current Scottish Government, while 46 per cent disagreed.
Humza Yousaf has been dealt a crushing blow as a new poll has shown that 7 out of 10 Scots want "fresh leaders"
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While more than two-thirds said that Scotland needs fresh leadership, they were not convinced that the Labour Party is the right alternative.
Just 34 per cent of respondents believe Labour is ready to form the next Holyrood administration, while 36 per cent said they aren't.
The polling, conducted by Ipsos, also saw 87 per cent of people agree that Britain as a whole needs a fresh team of leaders, while 68 per cent said the Tories do not deserve to be re-elected.
Just 45 per cent agreed that said Labour is ready to form the next UK Government.
Rachel Ormston, Research Director at Ipsos in Scotland, said: "These findings show very clear support among the Scottish public for a change of political leadership in Britain – if anything, the sense that it is time for a change is even stronger here than across Britain as a whole.
"However, it is less clear that the public are convinced Labour represents that change.
"The finding that just a third of the Scottish public think the Scottish Government deserves to be re-elected will not make happy reading for the SNP, with criticism of their record on the NHS, for people on low incomes, and on education.
"At the same time, the fact the public are divided on whether Labour can make a real positive difference means it is not yet certain Labour can rely on maximising their electoral advantage from this appetite for change at the Scottish ballot box."
Polling published earlier this year showed that the SNP will lose half the seats it won at the last general election.
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The survey, conducted by YouGov, showed that the SNP will win just 25 seats. In 2019, it won 48 seats.
The Labour Party, which lost many of its seats to the SNP in 2015, will win 24 seats in Scotland, the poll showed.
