Party veteran says he wants to ‘unite SNP and unite Scotland for independence’ as his leadership announcement puts pressure on Kate Forbes
says he wants MSPs to show more courtesy towards each other. He says the public don’t like the unpleasantness.says he has changed since he led the SNP between 2000 and 2004. I’m longest serving parliamentarian in Scotland. I’ve won every single election I have contested with my name on the ballot paper since 1997 and there’s nobody else currently in Scotland has done that.
Having joined the SNP as a teenager, having helped bring my party from the fringes of politics to being the government of Scotland, having served as a senior minister for 16 years, and having helped steer Scotland so close to independence in 2014, I want to give all that I have in me to ensure the success of our cause.
SNP policies transform lives. They lift children from poverty, give them a better start in life and enable them to go to university.told colleagues last night that he would have difficulty voting today because he does not possess the right photo ID. It came after Rishi Sunak said the Irish government “must uphold its promises” to avoid a hard border and avoid setting up checkpoints to prevent asylum seekers entering the republic. Some UK media reported that Ireland was sending police to the border.
Her announcement will come in the hours after former deputy first minister John Swinney – who has received support from a number of senior Cabinet figures – announces his own plans, with an expectation that he will put his name forward.Kate Forbes to make a statement on SNP leadership mid afternoon. Source close to Forbes says she's still "weighing things up", a pet welfare charity, is advising people to think twice about doing so, because some polling stations don’t let dogs in.
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