
John Swinney has contrasted his “reliable, experienced” leadership in Scotland with the “absolute chaos” in Westminster, where he said the Prime Minister is “fighting to save his own career”.
With the Conservatives and the SNP calling for a vote of confidence in Sir Keir Starmer over his decision to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US, the Scottish First Minister said “the whole Westminster Government has descended into absolute chaos”.