Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a conciliatory, decent man whose defining, lasting legacy with his party and his ...

Writing in his regular Record column, the Scottish Labour leader says John Swinney's years at the heart of the SNP Government ...

But Mr Swinney, who described himself as “Full-on John” in an interview with The Scottish Sun, immediately came under fire by opponents. They say key parts of his plan were included in ...

Scotland’s First Minister has insisted there “must be no ethnic cleansing”, after Donald Trump declared the US could “take over the Gaza Strip”. The US president’s claims were met with concern from ...