John Swinney: “This is no way to govern. Scotland deserves better.”

In Westminster – Unionists united in their panic. 2026 has been a turning point in Scotland’s journey towards statehood, and there is no turning back.

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.

And I would welcome Scotland being able to determine our approach to immigration and to asylum.

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.