Swinney defends election campaign after attack from Sturgeon in memoir foreword

First Minister John Swinney during a visit to The Bughties Care Home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee (Steve Welsh/PA) - (PA Wire)

John Swinney has defended his Holyrood election campaign following an attack from Nicola Sturgeon.

But the First Minister refused to say whether he had spoken with his former boss about her public criticism.