Political Quotes

Russell Findlay

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  1. In today’s volatile world, relentless SNP agitation about independence is no longer just a dangerous distraction. It is now dangerously irresponsible.4 sources2026thenational.scot
  2. Since Mr Swinney was a teenager, all he’s cared about is breaking up the United Kingdom. Sorry Mr Swinney, and your new friends in Sinn Féin, but we won’t let that happen.3 sources2026thenational.scot
  3. Just last week, Putin’s foreign minister was talking up the Cardiff gathering of Swinney, Sinn Féin and Welsh nationalists. That tells you everything you need to know. A divided UK is a gift to our enemies.2 sources2026thenational.scot
  4. These totalitarian regimes want a divided United Kingdom. And we have SNP politicians who share that aim. They want to shut down Faslane. They oppose Britain’s armed forces.2 sources2026thenational.scot
  5. Can you imagine what kind of foreign policy an independent SNP-run Scotland might have? One that puts Sinn Féin over IRA victims, Chinese interests over national security and pro-Palestine posturing over the safety of Scotland’s Jews.2 sources2026thenational.scot
Oct 13, 2026

John Swinney has a simple choice, either legitimise the Scottish Greens’ antisemitism by welcoming them to SNP conference or ditch them.

thenational.scot
Oct 5, 2026

Sorry Mr Swinney, and your new friends in Sinn Fein, but we won't let that happen.

bbc.co.uk
Oct 5, 2026

But Scotland's benefits system under the SNP is broken. Around one pound of every seven spent by them goes on benefits.

bbc.co.uk
Oct 4, 2026

This affluent crook, along with Scotland's wealthy organised criminals, shouldn't get a single penny of taxpayers' money to pay their lawyers.

heraldscotland.com
Oct 4, 2026

Can you imagine what kind of foreign policy an independent SNP-run Scotland might have? One that puts Sinn Féin over IRA victims, Chinese interests over national security and pro-Palestine posturing over the safety of Scotland’s Jews.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

In today’s volatile world, relentless SNP agitation about independence is no longer just a dangerous distraction. It is now dangerously irresponsible.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

These totalitarian regimes want a divided United Kingdom. And we have SNP politicians who share that aim. They want to shut down Faslane. They oppose Britain’s armed forces.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

Just last week, Putin’s foreign minister was talking up the Cardiff gathering of Swinney, Sinn Féin and Welsh nationalists. That tells you everything you need to know. A divided UK is a gift to our enemies.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

Since Mr Swinney was a teenager, all he’s cared about is breaking up the United Kingdom. Sorry Mr Swinney, and your new friends in Sinn Féin, but we won’t let that happen.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

Now that’s patently false, it’s absolute nonsense.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

He’s peddled misinformation. He’s said that Scottish pensioners, and I quote directly, are going to ‘lose their pensions’.

thenational.scot
Oct 4, 2026

I am writing to you in relation to our exchange at FMQs on Thursday.

thenational.scot
Oct 2, 2026

Solid Scottish Conservative by-election win for our new Stirling councillor Katie Harrison.

thenational.scot
Sep 23, 2026

John Swinney doesn't like anything that's British – apart from his British Airways business-class flights.

thenational.scot
Sep 23, 2026

The SNP say that Scotland should decide. We did decide, more than two million Scots said no, and thank goodness for that.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 29, 2026

Swinney's at it again. He COULD choose to reduce NHS wait lists, cut taxes and benefits, fix public services, clean the streets, fill the pot-holes, tackle crime etc.

thenational.scot
Aug 16, 2026

It’ll be at least six years late, and instead of costing £100 million as they said it would, it’s now going to cost at least £1 billion – that’s the scandal.

heraldscotland.com
Aug 16, 2026

They’ve been in charge of Scotland’s justice system and prison service for two decades and they are the ones that failed to build adequate capacity.

heraldscotland.com
Aug 16, 2026

You say that they find themselves in this position, the SNP Government, but it’s a problem entirely of their making.

heraldscotland.com
Jul 29, 2026

This is an enforcer, a hitman, for a major organised crime group in Scotland which has inflicted untold damage to many innocent people.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 29, 2026

What he did was calculated, it wasn't some spontaneous crime... It was very targeted and extreme, and the outcome could have been my death or being maimed for life.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 29, 2026

That's the only option because if you show weakness they're not going to back down.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 29, 2026

It's not the first thing I think of when I wake up, but there's always the kind of possibility that some of these people might regard this as unfinished business.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 16, 2026

As a proud Scot, I wish the very best of British to our English friends.

thenational.scot

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