Why did iPad row minister Michael Matheson choose to quit now?

Yesterday, he fell on his sword, ending a ministerial career that spanned more than a decade.In his letter to the first minister he wrote that he did not want to be a distraction to the government.The story dominated the front pages. New elements dripped out regularly.

Humza Yousaf was about to enter a political bearpit where opposition leaders get to lob repeated questions at him.It doesn't get much worse than a ministerial resignation moments before FMQs. It was known that Sir Keir Starmer was about to announce a major Labour U-turn on plans to invest £28bn a year in green industries.It probably would have been a far more awkward day for Anas Sarwar and his Scottish Labour colleagues had Mr Matheson kept quiet yesterday.

On the other side, there are those within the SNP who think the party was denied a productive day bashing Labour U-turns.So with all this taken into account, the question remains: why did Michael Matheson choose to go when he did?

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