John Swinney: “Because the language that's been used about ‘strangers’, about creating division between people who walk the same…”

The referendum campaign on Scottish independence has already begun.

Our task is to build on that momentum, which is why, at this conference, we will be launching the Choose Scotland campaign – the biggest campaign since the referendum and what will be the most sophisticated, pro-independence campaign…

We will be inviting people in Scotland to choose a better future, where we make our own decisions; to choose using our energy wealth to bring down bills; to choose re-joining the EU in our own right; to choose a future where our pensioners…

Friends, Choose Scotland will offer hope but it will also offer ambition.