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The SNP will be the “leading and largest party” in the new Scottish Parliament, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has declared – though he said it is still too early to say if the party will win an overall majority at Holyrood. Mr Swinney, also the Education Secretary in the Scottish Government, comfortably held his Perthshire North seat, increasing his majority over the Tories. His was among the first handful of seats to declare as votes were counted after polling day on Thursday. The coronavirus pandemic meant that traditional overnight counting was impossible, with the results inste...

Members of an anti-vaccine party wearing yellow stars and armbands 'made a beeline' for Scotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf yesterday. Mr Yousaf was asked questions about Pakistan, even though he was born in Scotland, when Derek Jackson and a group of his supporters surrounded him at an election count in Glasgow.  Mr Jackson, a candidate for Glasgow Southside, arrived at the election count with supporters dressed in the peculiar ensemble which has been associated with fascism. The group also made a gesture that has been compared to the Nazi salute.  Members of other political parties ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said voters showed that racists and fascists are “not welcome anywhere in Scotland” after two far-right candidates picked up less than 200 votes and one was ejected from the count. Glasgow Southside independent candidate Jayda Fransen confronted the SNP leader and First Minister during the campaign on Thursday, accusing her of supporting “mass immigration” and “Marxism”. But the former deputy leader of Britain First won just 46 votes in the poll for the Scottish Parliament. Liberal Party candidate Derek Jackson, who arrived at the count with supporters wearing ...

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to hold a referendum on Scottish independence “when the time is right”, as she retained her Glasgow seat. Giving an acceptance speech in Glasgow after she defeated Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar by 19,735 votes to 10,279, the First Minister said her party is set for a fourth term in power. Earlier, she had played down the likelihood of an overall SNP majority at Holyrood, saying it has “always been a very, very long shot”. After being re-elected to her seat, Ms Sturgeon said: “If that is indeed the outcome of this election, I pledge ...

Glasgow Southside has always been a vibrant, multicultural community and in recent years has seen small independent businesses thrive. However parts of the area are still in extreme poverty with around a quarter of residents classed as some of the most deprived in Scotland.  Govanhill also sits within the constituency, an area which has attracted controversy in recent years. It was a home for human traffickers, with Police Scotland raiding multiple properties and arresting several members of an organised crime group behind a prostitution and forced marriage scheme in 2017. This case, c...