Russell Findlay: “They’ve been in charge of Scotland’s justice system and prison service for two decades and they are the ones that failed…”

John Swinney wasted taxpayers’ money arguing that male criminals should be allowed in women’s prisons.

You say that they find themselves in this position, the SNP Government, but it’s a problem entirely of their making.

John Swinney’s taxpayer-funded World Cup jolly merits a red card for hypocrisy given his previous attacks on rival MSPs who spent their own money to follow their teams while parliament was sitting.

John Swinney’s confession that the SNP spent ‘ringfenced’ referendum money on other things is damning.