John Swinney: “I appreciate how frustrating the situation is for any Scotland supporter who has had their Esta revoked.”

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.

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

I can announce today that we will fund the community groups, the people who are the very best of us, who are doing the hard yards to build bridges and break down barriers.

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.