Nicola Sturgeon warns John Swinney SNP policy shift driving voters to Scottish Greens

Nicola Sturgeon has warned John Swinney his party risks losing more voters to the Scottish Greens (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

NICOLA Sturgeon has warned John Swinney that the SNP risk losing more votes to the Scottish Greens under the party’s current policy direction.

The former first minister said Swinney was “lucky” the Greens didn’t field more candidates, as they could have made the SNP’s election result worse.