Why John Swinney is the Gerald Ford of Scottish politics
Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a ...
Why John Swinney and the SNP should be quietly confident after wooing Greens and Lib Dems on Budget
The Greens and Lib Dems’ decisions to support the Scottish Government’s Budget will not change the outcome of the vote - but ...
Nicola Sturgeon derides Humza Yousaf’s ‘catastrophic’ handling of Scottish government deal
Yousaf’s handling of the end of the Bute House Agreement with the Greens, which precipitated his downfall last year, was ...
First Minister's Questions: Swinney pressed on NHS recovery and Heathrow runway
On Monday, First Minister John Swinney pledged his government would reduce NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...
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If John Swinney is only Full-on John now, what was he before?
We now have a funky new moniker for Scotland’s first minister, one he has cleverly crafted himself and is using with gusto, laughing with the boys at his own small joke – Full-on John.
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SNP plan to fix NHS crisis branded a ‘shameful rehash of failed policies’
John Swinney, the First Minister ... It was initially promised, under Humza Yousaf as health secretary, that it would be available by spring next year, though as of last October, no supplier ...
Scots council planning inflation-busting council tax rise of 10.6%
The hike, if pushed through, would contradict the First Minister's view that rises of around 10% are not necessary.
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Swinney to announce additional 150,000 NHS appointments and procedures per year
He said: “John Swinney’s claim that he finally has a plan to fix our health service will fool no one. “Patients and dedicated ...
Operation Branchform are the two words John Swinney dreads the most as he plans Holyrood election bid
Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says senior figures in the SNP fear the political impact of the police probe.