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Top SNP MP Ian Blackford made a determined apology to the Scottish Greens this morning, as Humza Yousaf continues battling for his political life forward of this weeks’ vote of no confidence.

Mr Blackford, the celebration’s former Westminster chief, made an enchantment to his celebration’s scorned coalition associate after they got here out in favour of forcing Mr Yousaf out as First Minister of Scotland.

Mr Blackford informed Laura Kuenssberg: “I want to, this morning, appeal to our friends, or colleagues, in the Green Party to recognise where we are”.

“We are colleagues together in arguing for independence, we pushed through legislation where there has been mutual support… I would ask them to think very carefully ahead of this week of the values that we both have and make sure we can deliver that stable Government supporting the Fist Minister.

“I apologise for what has happened this week, it could have happened in a different way but we are where we are.”

This week Mr Yousaf jettisoned his Green coalition companions, arguing that the steadiness initially supposed by the coalition was now not working.

However the Greens fired again that the SNP chief is ‘weak and hopeless’, accusing him of betraying voters.

With the onerous left celebration now backing the vote of no confidence within the First Minister, the showdown is ready to be a knife-edge consequence.

The SNP has 63 MSPs, whereas the Tories, Labour, LibDems and Greens have 64.

It means the results of Thursday’s vote is totally within the arms of the Alba Party, led by Alex Salmond, and its sole MSP Ash Regan.

Reaching to Mr Blackford’s apology, Green co-leader Lorna Slater slapped down the SNP’s try to win their help again.

Ms Slater accused Mr Yousaf of shedding their confidence and their belief.

She added that opposing Mr Yousaf is now a “red line” for the celebration, and they won’t vote for him underneath any circumstances.

“What we have said is the Scottish Green group will vote in support of the vote of no confidence against Humza Yousaf, and I cannot imagine anything at this point that could change that position.

“This was a spectacular breach of trust, from going on Tuesday to saying the Bute House Agreement was ‘worth its weight in gold’ to stopping it on Thursday. That’s broken.”

Asked whether or not Mr Yousaf might provide something to the Greens to get them to vary their thoughts, Ms Slator mentioned: “That is not what we’re looking at just now”.

“[Our coalition] was based on mutual trust and respect, and I do have trust and respect for many of my SNP colleagues but Humza Yousaf himself has broken that and he needs to face the consequences.”