Alongside key pre-election pledges, Mr Swinney also included plans to “publish a further paper setting out the economic benefits that independence can bring for Scotland” in the next 12 months.

So isn’t it time for the men in grey kilts to visit Swinney, just as their predecessors did in 2004 when his first period as party leader was going disastrously? In this instance, no.

John Swinney has been urged to 'cut out the nonsense' and focus on what matters to ordinary Scots when he unveils his legislative plans for the next year.

John Swinney is the politician formerly known as ‘Honest John’ - though after a re-brand he is now ‘full-on John’. It’s easy to lose track of these attempts at an image makeover - mind ...

John Swinney is the “best politician in Scotland”, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has insisted, as he dismissed speculation over his own leadership ambitions.

John Swinney is a flawed politician, for sure, but if his critics within the SNP want to win the next Scottish Parliamentary election, they’ll bite their tongues and get behind him.

John Swinney says there will be a massive overhaul of public services - but insists this is not a knee-jerk reaction to losing the Hamilton by-election. All Sections. Dare to be Honest.