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Alex Salmond: SNP ‘incompetence’ in power ‘hindered’ cause of independence
Press Association News via AOL· 5 hours ago“Obviously it has hindered independence when the SNP became an incompetent government in more recent...
SNP’s failure to dual A9 to Highlands is ‘pathetic’, says Alex Salmond
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoMairi McAllan, another successor, announced a new timetable last December that would see half the...
Swinney’s claim of ‘fresh leadership’ mocked by political opponents
Daily Telegraph· 10 hours agoMr Swinney was finance secretary in Alex Salmond’s government from 2007, before becoming Nicola...
Salmond: Swinney faces ‘tough job’ as First Minister of minority Government
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoJohn Swinney is facing a “tough job” as Scotland’s new First Minister because the SNP lacks a...
Who is John Swinney, Scotland's new first minister?
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJohn Swinney was among the 1999 intake of SNP MSPs, alongside future cabinet colleagues Nicola Sturgeon, Alex Salmond and Michael Russell ...
In pictures: SNP cabinets down the years
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day ago[Reuters] The new cabinet announced by John Swinney is the eighth since the SNP came to power in 2007. Here are the different line-ups from the last 17...
Who is John Swinney, the new leader of the SNP?
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days agoBut it is not be the first foray into the leadership for the former Tayside North MP. Mr Swinney celebrates after being elected SNP leader in 2000 (PA)...
John Swinney becomes SNP leader and Scottish first minister in waiting
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHe previously served as finance secretary under Alex Salmond when the SNP took power in 2007....
Big tensions remain in SNP as Swinney takes leadership
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe SNP had never been in power back then. In 2024, the party leader is also expected to run the...
SNP old-hand John Swinney set to be Scotland's new leader
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 days agoScotland's likely next leader John Swinney is a political veteran who will have to unify his...