Swinney seeks to ‘bring people together’ following debate over gender rights

John Swinney says he does not feel 'scared' for his job because of Stephen Flynn

The First Minister said that the SNP Westminster leader is "one of our team" who "will make a great contribution to the Scottish Parliament."

Swinney seeks to ‘bring people together’ following debate over gender rights

The Scottish First Minister said the issue had caused a ‘tremendous amount of difficulty and hurt’. Scotland’s First Minister has told how he wants to “bring people together in unity” in the wake of the “difficulty and hurt” that has been caused by row over single sex spaces. John Swinney accepted that a “tremendous amount of difficulty and hurt” had been caused to “all sides”. But he insisted: “Part of my role as First Minister is to do somethi…

Alister Jack: Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney should publicly apologise following Supreme Court ruling

The former Scottish Secretary said the feminist group For Women Scotland were “vilified” and “demonised” by the former and current first ministers