The new First Minister made the claim amid criticism of his decision to scrap the post of independence minister.
First Minister John Swinney has claimed independence can be delivered within five years as the arguments are "compelling”.
The new SNP leader is facing claims of going soft on his party's key aim after he scrapped the post of independence minister in his reshuffleWhen asked whether independence could happen in five years, Swinney told Sky News: “I think independence can be delivered in that timescale because the arguments for it are compelling.
“Both of those major strategic factors that are doing severe economic and social damage to Scotland are because of bad decisions taken in Westminster, and independence is the answer to that.”“We have got work to do to build greater support for independence, to make that support level compelling within Scotland, and that’s what my leadership will be about”, he said.
“The latest SNP leader is just another nationalist obsessed with plotting to break up the United Kingdom.
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