John Swinney: “John must also declare that without a resultant referendum prior to the next General Election, that election will become…”

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.

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.

So Scotland’s a welcoming country. We want to make sure that when people come to Scotland, we can support them and that we can support them well.

I’m all for the Scottish Parliament having as many powers as it possibly can do, and I’ll work constructively to make sure we bring all those powers to Scotland.