New First Minister John Swinney at the door of Bute House with his wife Elizabeth Quigley

Greatly moved by John Swinney's inclusion of Hamish Henderson's powerful Scots lyric of equality and humanity in his acceptance speech this afternoon. HH Archive - info & updates

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Wednesday’s METRO Scotland: “I’ll Be First Minister For Everyone” #TomorrowsPapersToday

👶 Child poverty is a scourge on society and we should never accept it.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 First Minister John Swinney has made clear it will be a mission of his SNP Scottish Government to eradicate child poverty in Scotland - and will work with everyone to achieve that.

📣 @johnswinney: “To the people of Scotland I would simply say this. I offer myself to be the First Minister for everyone in Scotland. I am here to serve you. I will give everything I have to build the best future for our Country.”

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First Minister John Swinney making sure to shake the hands of opposition party leaders as he concludes his speech to parliament. A truly class act.

It is the privilege of my life to serve as the First Minster of Scotland. I will be the First Minister for everyone in our country.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's future is bright and so is the SNP's.

👇 Now is the chance for us to write Scotland's next chapter under John Swinney. Come and be a part of building that better future for Scotland.

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✅ I was proud to cast my vote for John Swinney to be Scotland's next First Minister.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland needs strong, experienced leadership, driving an ambitious agenda for our nation as we move forward to independence.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿My warmest congratulations go to Scotland’s new First Minister, John Swinney

John is now ready to get on with the job of steadying the ship, uniting the party, and most importantly delivering for the people of Scotland.

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Well done to John Swinney and I look forward to our next chapter.

Many congratulations to our new First Minister, John Swinney.

As he stated, John is First Minister for everyone, and will give everything he has to build a better future for our country. I look forward to supporting him to deliver for the people of Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

It has been a privilege to know John Swinney over many years.

He is a man of integrity, dedicated to public service.

It was an honour to have the opportunity to vote for him to be Scotland’s First Minister today.

In his first speech as First Minister, John Swinney quotes from the great Scottish poet, Hamish Henderson.

“So come all ye at hame wi Freedom,

Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom.

In your hoose a’ the bairns o’ Adam,

Can find breid, barley-bree and painted room.”

Congratulations to John Swinney on being elected as our new First Minister - His acceptance speech, full of emotion and grounding in a deep sense of duty and desire to deliver, was one of a long standing statesman ready to serve

❤️ Thank you @Humzayousaf.
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Huge day yesterday as John Swinney was announced as Leader of the SNP.

A time for our party to come together, to continue to deliver on the priorities of the people of Scotland and to build the case for independence. #VoteSNP

'The most heartening part of new SNP leader John Swinney’s speech was his focus on child poverty.

'He described it as a 'curse' and said his priority was to eradicate this type of poverty.' The Daily Record