Politicians are going back on their words – and, in one case, deleting them – as they congratulate the president-elect. But ...

The September 2014 article reported promises of more powers for Scotland from then Prime Minister David Cameron ... “He and John Swinney both stressed his decision to leave was purely personal.

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

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 ...

David Cameron and current First Minister John Swinney. Levy and McRae’s senior partner, David McKie described Mr Salmond as one of the leading politicians of his generation who has a ‘unique ...

The decision by David Cameron to grant the powers to hold ... but remained at Westminster. John Swinney succeeded him as leader and was not a success. When Swinney resigned in 2004, Salmond ...

But then in 2004, following a slew of poor election results, his replacement, John Swinney ... Soon after, David Cameron agreed to the referendum. Support for independence was then hovering ...

First Minister John Swinney said Mr Salmond fought "tirelessly ... 2012: Secures agreement with Prime Minister David Cameron for a Scottish independence referendum, to be held in 2014.

Alex Salmond once tried to talk former Scotland on Sunday editor John McLellan out of running ... came off once his absolute majority forced David Cameron to call his bluff on the referendum.

He is succeeded by John Swinney. 2001: Resigns his seat in the ... 2012: Secures agreement with Prime Minister David Cameron for a Scottish independence referendum, to be held in 2014.

The family of a Scottish man imprisoned in India for seven years is “hopeful” after meeting with the foreign secretary.

Former first minister Alex Salmond has been remembered as not just the political leader who took Scotland “so close to his dream of independence”, but as a “dear friend”. Tributes were paid to the ...