John Swinney sworn in as Scotland's first minister - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world,

Scottish National Party veteran John Swinney was sworn in as Scotland’s first minister on Wednesday, after he emerged as the sole contender in the contest to pick a new premier after Humza Yousaf’s resignation.

Swinney’s key challenge will be to halt the slide in the SNP’s popularity after a string of scandals and political missteps, while keeping alive its ultimate goal of winning independence from the United Kingdom. The SNP has dominated Scottish politics for 17 years but its popularity has slipped over the past year amid a funding scandal, a series of political blunders, and criticism of how it runs the country. It now heads a minority government in Holyrood.of regaining ground in Scotland, one of the United Kingdom’s four nations, as it seeks to win a British parliamentary election expected later this year.

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