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First Minister John Swinney moves the motion that the 2026 Scottish Parliament election will be fought by the SNP on a clear platform of national independence during the SNP annual conference at the ...

John Swinney has faced down SNP rebels to win support for his strategy to secure another referendum on Scottish independence. The First Minister faced a potential banana skin on the opening day of his ...

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John Swinney will arrive at his party conference after taking the SNP from the political gutter to the cusp of an incredible fifth term in office. He took over from Humza Yousaf last year and within ...

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Kemi Badenoch has accused the SNP and Labour of ‘running Scotland down’ and warned that Europe’s oil capital is ‘dying’ because of their policies on oil and gas. The Tory leader said it is ...

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John Swinney has said he will not step down if he wins next year’s Holyrood election but fails to achieve an SNP majority. Delegates at the SNP conference backed the First Minister’s independence ...