Discourse ‘soured’ and voters ‘disempowered’, agree leaders at democracy summit

Discourse ‘soured’ and voters ‘disempowered’, agree leaders at democracy summit

John Swinney convenes democracy summit with Scottish party leaders signing pledge to tackle political toxicity, as Reform UK and gender ruling spark…

John Swinney warns summit 'just the start' in combating rise of far-right

JOHN Swinney has said his anti-far-right summit is “just the start of the process” in combating the rise in parties like Reform UK, which he…

John Swinney says Scotland faces 'serious threats' to its democracy as Reform UK protests outside

The First Minister was joined by more than 50 representatives from political parties and civic groups at the meeting.

John Swinney's summit on far-right blasted as 'total waste' of taxpayer cash

JOHN Swinney today faced fury over SNP failures fuelling voter disenchantment as he held a “talking shop” summit on “the threat from the far right”. Around 50 organisations, including churches, charities and trade unions, along with political leaders, attended the event in Glasgow on Wednesday and signed a pledge “to safeguard Scotland’s democracy”. A press conference was chaired by the First Minister after the talks in Glasgow. Darren FletcherN…

Swinney's 'anti far-right' summit didn't invite Reform - but they were the elephant in the room

The First Minister was asked by journalists if by not inviting the party, the summit was 'an inadvertent advert for Reform'.