John Swinney: “I cannot understate the sense of hurt and distress or betrayal that I feel about what’s happened here.”

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’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.

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

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.