John Swinney had tried to quit front line politics on numerous occasions, he said, by the time he announced he was bowing out last year. Now, it looks like he’s back and facing one of the ...

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 ...

As the last of the SNP’s “long marchers” – those nationalists who played their part in voting for Scottish devolution at Westminster and who’re still engaged in elected politics – John ...

John Swinney, former deputy first minister of Scotland, is expected to become the country's third leader in around a year after taking the helm of the Scottish National Party.

John Swinney is expected to be Scotland's next first minister, after he emerged as the only candidate to stand to be the SNP's new leader. After nominations for the post closed, ...