Stephen Flynn: “the war on terror is not something that's just going to be won in the battlefields in Iraq, as we now see.”

I would disagree with that…I think the road to independence is one we are very much still on.

This will provide immediate relief for impacted businesses but we will continue to work closely with the Highland Council, HIE and Cairngorms National Park Authority on what further support may be required for the area in the longer term.

If we want our politicians to go and sit in row 46 beside the toilets and then land in Boston and then go and engage with US government officials having done so we'll get exactly what we deserve as politicians.

You'd love to be able to do absolutely everything, but you have to prioritise. That's what we're going to be doing.