John Swinney has condemned as “completely unacceptable” suggestions from Donald Trump that the US could take ownership of the ...

For a moment I thought Mr Swinney had gone full-on American President and banned cats. Well, I thought. Good luck with that.

During a bruising encounter at First Ministers Questions yesterday, Mr Swinney was slammed for ‘denying’ the reality of the ‘devastating collapse in care standards’. He blamed increases in ...

He has fallen out with every Scottish First Minister since 2007 – and that relationship has not improved after John Swinney publicly endorsed Mr Trump’s rival Kamala Harris. Professor Chris ...

John Swinney says the opening of the first hydrogen-powered homes at a demonstration facility in Fife is an “exciting project” which can help tackle climate change. However, the First Minister said ...

It was a rare intervention by Ms Sturgeon on the performance of the current government though she has passed comment at least once before on how she thinks Mr Swinney may be falling short on ...

Mr Swinney continued to defend the under-fire minister, saying he ‘acted entirely appropriately’. But he also invited his independent advisers to consider whether they agreed with him that ...

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 ...

Sadly no. For it seems that Mr Swinney had merely decided to christen himself ‘Full-on John’ in what must be one of the most unconvincing political reinventions in recent times. Among the ...

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) by the These Islands think tank disclose that six days after the exchange Mr Swinney was informed that “officials have come to us as they ...