John Swinney: “What my objective in all of that is to do is to make sure that we have local authorities and local arrangements that are…”

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…

Our independence is very, very close.

Scotland is no city. We are no region. We are a nation. And soon we will be an independent nation.

My determination is to make sure that we have a bus network that is under public control through using franchising and regulation to make sure the public interest is protected.