Steve Clarke taking the team to the World Cup was a colossal achievement.

I deplore the way in which Reform is stirring up this division within our society.

They should establish the strongest possible distance from that rhetoric and from the behaviour of these individuals.

I'm very happy to cooperate with the Scottish Green Party and other colleagues in Parliament who wish to tackle some of the online harm that is being propagated to individuals in our society.

I fear that the issues around less savoury characters are not too far from home.

It is absolutely abhorrent and there needs to be the toughest regulatory regime in place.

It is clear that orchestrated disinformation campaigns and foreign election interference are issues which need to be taken seriously.

Swinney said online disinformation posed “a real and present threat” to democracy, and urged the UK government to make hostile state interference a much higher priority in line with recommendations from Philip Rycroft’s recent review.

Urgent steps need to be taken to counter the threat of foreign online political interference and ensure that our democratic processes are not undermined in this way.

That begins with the UK Government, which has responsibility for national security, making dealing with hostile state online interference a far higher priority.

I think people would expect the First Minister to go and represent the country for the first time in 28 years that we're in the World Cup.

I know from my trip to Munich in 2024 for the Euros that the Tartan Army turned so many heads within Germany and I know they will do exactly the same in such a positive way in the United States.

be careful what you wish for.

I utterly condemn this behaviour and stand firmly against acts that stoke any form of violence and intolerance.

The events which have followed the horrific and senseless knife attack in Belfast will be extremely concerning for communities who are already experiencing fear, anxiety and uncertainty.

The SNP has nothing to fear from a properly independent review.

Well, Scotland has become like this because people over on that side of this chamber, Malcolm Offord, Thomas Kerr, various others, are inciting racial division in our society, and this government will stand up to all of that.

Because the language that's been used about ‘strangers’, about creating division between people who walk the same streets of our country ...

I think what parliament and the country has just heard for the first time in this parliamentary session is exactly what I was warning about during the election campaign.

I just want to call it out for what it is, because during the election campaign, I made it abundantly clear I would not cooperate with Reform in this parliament because of the way in which they pursue this issue which incites racial hatred…

But there is a deeper point that is exposed by the question that Mr Offord puts to me, and that is that Mr Offord is trying to pursue an issue on immigration at the same time as his party is associated with the stirring up of hatred within…

Mr Offord is under a misconception about the local connection rules because the local connection rules that were changed by this government in 2022 did not change local connection rules for refugee households.

Scotland is a welcoming nation and those who choose to make their lives here are valued members of our communities.

racism, hatred and intimidation have no place in Scotland

No one should be made to feel scared in a place they call home, and the actions of those involved do not reflect Scotland’s values.