John Swinney: “I regarded the bus fare cap as being a permanent part of what we deliver as an SNP Government.”

The UK that people voted for in 2014 is no more.

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.

And make no mistake – the wind is now firmly in the sails of Scotland's independence movement.

Our independence is very, very close.