John Swinney

I want to offer the best of luck to Steve Clarke and the whole team.

I know they can make history by reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time – the team have the chance to make themselves legends tonight.

Scotland’s men’s national team have shown amazing grit and determination during their World Cup campaign so far.

That’s what this community represents.

It’s heartbreaking to experience what we’re experiencing now.

That is what we must be about, about bringing people together, about understanding and respecting each other, that’s fundamentally what our dialogue has got to be about.

Nobody will ever hear from me anything that in any way undermines that message of cohesion within the community.

It is important that I’m here to express the solidarity of the Scottish Government and the political leadership of Scotland with the community who will be traumatised.

I have spoken to some of the young men who were injured as a consequence of this act on Friday evening, they are not only physically injured but they are deeply traumatised by the attack.

It demonstrates the success of Scotland as an investment location and destination, and a place that attracts very significant interest from the international community.

For the 11th year in a row, Scotland is the most attractive and successful destination for foreign direct investment of any part of the United Kingdom, other than London and the South East, and that is in the face of very challenging…

The results that have come out from the EY Foreign Direct Investment Index demonstrate another really strong performance for Scotland.

It was a terrible breach of trust and an overwhelming betrayal by the man entrusted to be the party's chief executive.

Today I feel the overwhelming anger felt by SNP members.

I want to reassure communities that my government will lead from the front in tackling all forms of violence, division and prejudice.

Everyone who lives in Scotland – those that were born here and those that have decided to make Scotland their home – epitomise Scotland’s values of hope, tolerance and solidarity. These are values that must be cherished, nurtured and…

We must all stand united in utter condemnation of the heinous attack that took place in Edinburgh. Anti-Muslim hatred is abhorrent, and we must not allow recent attempts to stoke fear to divide us.

There is no place for race-based or faith-based violence in Scotland. My thoughts are with all who have been impacted - the victims but also the communities who are understandably anxious by what happened.

A fresh start is possible, but only with independence.

Sir Keir Starmer has made the right decision. It was past time for him to face reality and the fact he now has allows some hope that things can change.

This is no way to govern. Scotland deserves better.

The announcement by the University of Dundee this morning of a consultation on further job cuts is extremely disappointing.

Ministers are very happy and would think it essential were there to be family engagement with the review.

I give Mr Sarwar that assurance.

But fundamentally, the government took a decision that we considered was absolutely right for Scottish agriculture and for the preservation of what Sarah talked about, livestock production and also the heritage of Scottish agriculture and…