John Swinney: “The world has changed fundamentally since 2014. So has the UK, and so has Scotland.”

Make no mistake – if we had lost the election this year, if we were out of power – then the independence cause would have been set back decades.

Friends, we are winning. One by one, the stars are aligning in our favour.

I can announce today that we will fund the community groups, the people who are the very best of us, who are doing the hard yards to build bridges and break down barriers.

I’ve got a track record throughout my political life of working to make sure as many powers as possible are exercised here in Scotland.