John Swinney: “I fear that the issues around less savoury characters are not too far from home.”

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.

We will back them with a new three-year £30 million Scotland Together Fund to give them the tools they need to push back the tide of racism in Scotland.

The Prime Minister is very welcome in Scotland and I’ll be interested to hear what he’s got to say.

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.