John Swinney: “The first thing I did when I heard that the Prime Minister’s father had died was to express my condolences to him.”

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.

Friends, we are winning. One by one, the stars are aligning in our favour.

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

Conference, because we won the election – and because we won the trust of people in Scotland - we can now do two things: improve people’s lives here and now, and build the best possible future by delivering Scottish independence.