JOHN Swinney is to be sworn in as Scotland’s new first minister on Wednesday and is expected to appoint his Cabinet on the same day.
The ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh will involve the Perthshire North MSP making his statutory declarations, after which he will officially be made FMmeaning he will become the seventh person to be first minister since the Scottish Parliament was established 25 years ago.Swinney said it was an “extraordinary privilege” to become Scotland’s new leader as he pledged to “give everything I have” to the role.
Later on Tuesday, the couple posed for photographs on the steps of Bute House in Edinburgh, the official residence of the first minister.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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