John Swinney: “Friends, Choose Scotland will offer hope but it will also offer ambition.”

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

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

Our independence is very, very close.

I have been appalled at the creeping normalisation of misogynistic behaviour in our society. I know that women are angry. They are right to be angry. And I know I must show personal leadership.