Overview
- In a Sky News interview with Trevor Phillips, the first minister said a Holyrood majority would be a green light to demand a second referendum.
- Swinney argued that Scotland holds a democratic right to decide its future.
- He suggested that if he secured a majority in May, Sir Keir Starmer might no longer be prime minister.
- The SNP currently holds 60 of 129 seats, leaving it short of a majority at Holyrood.
- Swinney pointed to the 2011 SNP majority that preceded the 2014 referendum, when voters rejected independence 55.3% to 44.7%.