John Swinney: “I have seen the comments to which Gillian Mackay refers, and I'm horrified by their contents.”

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’ve got a track record throughout my political life of working to make sure as many powers as possible are exercised here in Scotland.

Words are not enough Scotland belongs to all who live here.

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