It's been a markedly turbulent year on Scotland's frequently bonkers political scene, and for none more than John Swinney. As ...

Polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice says Nicola Sturgeon could be ‘valuable’ to the SNP’s future independence movement.

I feared an SNP wipe-out in general election, says Swinney - The party was reduced from 48 seats at Westminster to just nine ...

With Nicola Sturgeon expected to step down in 2026, Prof Curtice discusses whether her SNP role could be heading up campaign for independence.

JOHN Swinney said he has not been asked to speak to cops probing the SNP’s finances – after we revealed Alex Salmond was brought in by detectives to help with the investigation. We told how ...

John Swinney has said he feared his party could have been “wiped out” at the general election in July. The SNP suffered heavy losses at the ballot box in the summer, dropping from 48 seats at ...

For most of the last 17 years of the SNP in power, John Swinney has acted as the SNP’s apologist in chief, countering critical media and parliamentary inquiries by speaking at great length whilst ...

By the time Scots go to the polls in 17 months, the SNP will have been in charge of the country for 19 years, with John ...

Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney sits down with Podlitical.

SCOTLAND’S housing emergency has left a record 10,000 children “without a home to call their own” amid plummeting ...

Voting against the SNP Government’s Budget will be an “albatross” around Labour’s neck, the First Minister has said, as he ...

Scotland’s First Minister has said he feared his party could have been “wiped out” at the general election in July.