This tragic fiasco has eerie echoes of the Nakba of 1948, when the Palestinians were forcibly removed from their historic homeland, to make way for the birth of the state of Israel. Many Palestinians ...

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 ...

John Swinney has defended the £1bn cost of the new jail to replace Barlinnie and accused the Conservative leader, Russell Findlay, who criticised the cost, of “abhorrent rhetoric”. The pair clashed at ...

John Swinney has been accused of letting Scotland “fall behind” the rest of the UK after restating his government’s opposition to nuclear power. The First Minister was accused by Scottish ...

A rattled John Swinney yesterday tried to defend spending £1billion on a ‘five-star prison’ as he was accused of building a ‘luxury resort’ for rapists and murderers. Amid angry scenes at ...

John Swinney has blamed Liz Truss for the estimated costs of building a replacement Barlinnie prison rising to almost £1 billion. The First Minister pointed to the short-lived Tory leader as the ...

It is an unusual topic for John Swinney, who is more often seen discussing issues such as the state of the NHS and proposed increases to council tax. But the First Minister has now been forced to ...

John Swinney hailed the “landmark moment” as the head of new owners, the Spanish firm Navantia, visited the site in Methil in Fife. It, together with the yards in Belfast, Appledore in Devon ...

John Swinney has blasted Donald Trump's plan to "take over" and "own" Gaza as "ethnic cleansing". The First Minister said the US President's suggestion that Gazans could be removed from their ...

Yesterday marked a triple whammy of failure for John Swinney and the SNP. Record numbers of children are stuck in temporary accommodation, the number of Scots dying from alcohol abuse is at a 15-year ...

John Swinney hailed the “landmark moment” as the head of new owners, the Spanish firm Navantia, visited the site in Methil in Fife. It, together with the yards in Belfast, Appledore in Devon and ...