John Swinney: “People going around spouting hateful messages will not be tolerated by Police Scotland or this country.”

We do not build the future on nostalgia, for what has gone before. We build the future on the dreams of those who come next.

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

The referendum campaign on Scottish independence has already begun.

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