Not since a “hot mic” caught David Cameron discussing Queen Elizabeth’s verdict on Scottish independence has there been so ...

But then in 2004, following a slew of poor election results, his replacement, John Swinney, resigned ... the SNP seized an outright majority. Soon after, David Cameron agreed to the referendum.

He speculated that had Scotland become independent, then PM David Cameron would have resigned ... First Minister John Swinney also told BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show that he and Salmond ...

Mr Swinney finds himself in the midst of a general ... The SNP leader said this was "to his credit" accepted by then Prime Minister David Cameron when he agreed to hold a referendum in 2014 ...

The SNP can “realign” under John Swinney’s leadership so it is ... He likened that to the situation under the Tories when ...

Perhaps John Swinney is regretting Labour’s largesse with its Budget handing out billions to Scotland. The First Minister no ...

John Swinney had succeeded him as leader ... Salmond was credited with out-smarting Prime Minister David Cameron and his ...

An emotional Princess of Wales joined the King at the Cenotaph this morning as she made a rare second appearance for ...

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney said he took the SNP "from ... Salmond was considered as having out-foxed Prime Minister David Cameron when negotiating the Edinburgh Agreement on the ...

Scotland's first minister, John Swinney, was among those paying ... who came much closer to achieving independence than either David Cameron or George Osborne thought possible.