John Swinney: “I think we've all got to watch our language in these discussions.”

My determination is to make sure that we have a bus network that is under public control through using franchising and regulation to make sure the public interest is protected.

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.

Our task is to build on that momentum, which is why, at this conference, we will be launching the Choose Scotland campaign – the biggest campaign since the referendum and what will be the most sophisticated, pro-independence campaign…

Friends, Choose Scotland will offer hope but it will also offer ambition.