The race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon is underway - but all eyes are focused on John Swinney, says Record political editor PaulHutcheon
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has been mentioned as a contender, as has Finance chief Kate Forbes, Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson and deputy SNP leader Keith Brown.
The million dollar question is whether Swinney, who like Sturgeon has been an MSP since 1999, wants to be the successor.He was SNP leader between 2000 and 2004 and resigned after a torrid period that was marked by infighting and relentless backbiting. “Unreservedly, absolutely, in no circumstances, there is no way of you configuring any signal I am possibly giving you, to say anything other than ‘no.’”However, that was then, and this is now. Politics is unrecognisable from 2014 and Swinney will be weighing up his options.
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