John Swinney 'best person we have' to take over as first minister - SNP Westminster leader

Former SNP leader John Swinney is the "best person we have" to take over as first minister after Humza Yousaf quit, Stephen Flynn, the SNP's Westminster leader, tells Sky News.
"These are serious times, serious times deserve serious politicians and they don't get much more serious than John Swinney," he says.
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  • @georgemorrison9280
    @georgemorrison9280Ай бұрын

    “Best person we have “….that’s the problem right there .

  • @david-ky7rt

    @david-ky7rt

    Ай бұрын

    My daughter could run the SNP better than that TOOL Sweeney and she is only 7 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @chriswinter6672

    @chriswinter6672

    Ай бұрын

    Let's hope she gets the chance.

  • @stephenmckelvie2032
    @stephenmckelvie2032Ай бұрын

    Swinney, the best person we have. H,ha,ha,ha. Oh, I've just fell off the chair laughing.

  • @billymackie3040
    @billymackie3040Ай бұрын

    Let the public decide instead of another Sturgeon muppet.

  • @dougcop7253

    @dougcop7253

    Ай бұрын

    It is a fixed-term parliament read the Scotland Act, educate yourself and stop listening to the BBC and Unionist so-called politicians did Wales let the people decide when the picked a new leader

  • @AlVlogs1603
    @AlVlogs1603Ай бұрын

    Best they have just about sums up the total ineptitude in the SNP

  • @joanrodger352
    @joanrodger352Ай бұрын

    Sums up the quality within the SNP.

  • @josiewallace7968

    @josiewallace7968

    Ай бұрын

    If tired old John Swinney is the best they can do then they are screwed

  • @chriswinter6672

    @chriswinter6672

    Ай бұрын

    Sums it down.

  • @charliehepburn8803
    @charliehepburn8803Ай бұрын

    If Swinney is the best they have the SNP have no hope and by extension Scotland if we have to rely on Swinney and Flynn.

  • @Morisrix
    @MorisrixАй бұрын

    Swiney ? Sturgeons nodding dog. 🤔

  • @dademags77
    @dademags77Ай бұрын

    Nope, not Swinney. We need Kate Forbes to give us a common sense moral backbone again. Rid this country of stupid unworkable laws.

  • @Gozzillacia

    @Gozzillacia

    Ай бұрын

    has she said what she will do about Humza's gag on the Scottish people - will she repeal his illiberal laws that have made us Scots the least free people in the UK let alone Europe?

  • @coops1962

    @coops1962

    Ай бұрын

    I agree get Kate in to take control

  • @scotmacc

    @scotmacc

    Ай бұрын

    That's because none of Humza's frontbenchers are interested. Mr redact, John Swinney is a cry of desperation.

  • @robertcrowther6134

    @robertcrowther6134

    Ай бұрын

    Swinney is too mired in the Sturgeon debacle vote Swinney get more of the same old school. Time for a c lear out,plus did Swinney not recently talk of standing down so what's changed

  • @20storiesunder

    @20storiesunder

    Ай бұрын

    Forbes is hated by half the country, wouldn't work

  • @texan-rp4wc
    @texan-rp4wcАй бұрын

    should have picked kate forbes in the first place last year

  • @20storiesunder

    @20storiesunder

    Ай бұрын

    Forbes is hated by half the country, wouldn't work

  • @craiganderson2362
    @craiganderson2362Ай бұрын

    Should be an election , neither England or Scotland has had FM/PM elected by the people's mandate in a while rather both countries have had leaders "crowned" over the last two or three premiers , a situation that doesn't exactly scream democracy

  • @robertcarroll9409
    @robertcarroll9409Ай бұрын

    Swinney was the leader once before, SNP voters should remember that before they give the buffoon another go. 😂😂😂

  • @simoncook8455

    @simoncook8455

    Ай бұрын

    He is certainly not a buffoon but would not excite the Scottish electorate, Kate Forbes however would.

  • @edwardgellan1661
    @edwardgellan1661Ай бұрын

    Why did swinney,not go for it the last time,when sturgeon step down,another one from her nest

  • @mikesheridan5218
    @mikesheridan5218Ай бұрын

    "Progressive Tax System' ... its certainly different!

  • @ElmugreTV
    @ElmugreTVАй бұрын

    John swinney is the best they have? That's a terrifying thought. Never seen a more incompetent and out of touch politician, than John swinney.

  • @user-he8qx5nv7y

    @user-he8qx5nv7y

    Ай бұрын

    Really never?

  • @eckie4679

    @eckie4679

    Ай бұрын

    Much better than Truss, BoJo or Sunak though

  • @TalibanAtrocities

    @TalibanAtrocities

    Ай бұрын

    If he was the best they had, why did we get the terrorist funder 🤔🤔

  • @ElmugreTV

    @ElmugreTV

    Ай бұрын

    @@eckie4679 thats like comparing shits

  • @user-ol2gs7cu5c

    @user-ol2gs7cu5c

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@eckie4679who have what exactly to do with SCOTTISH politics? 🤔

  • @TheStiffUpperLipp
    @TheStiffUpperLippАй бұрын

    His opening statement left him with zero credibility…

  • @westonharley1580
    @westonharley1580Ай бұрын

    Just goes to show how little talent there is in Scotland. Swinney is not the answer ... just the lowest common denominator.

  • @lindamillar2505

    @lindamillar2505

    Ай бұрын

    So true

  • @sheilastirling5635

    @sheilastirling5635

    Ай бұрын

    How patronising! Best educated country in Europe, with the best universities, free for all our young Scots 👍Why should we not manage our own finances rather than a neighbour managing them for us !

  • @irenakrasinska-lobban1273
    @irenakrasinska-lobban1273Ай бұрын

    If Swinney is the best the SNP has, the rest of them are despicable. And Freeport Forbes needs to crawl back into her burrow.

  • @craigham93
    @craigham93Ай бұрын

    Elmer Fudd is really pitching john swindle. Another joker that has been sacked more times than a king edward.

  • @johnbhoy2489

    @johnbhoy2489

    Ай бұрын

    A fanny calling anyone a fudd

  • @craigham93

    @craigham93

    Ай бұрын

    @@johnbhoy2489 pin drop

  • @lindamillar2505
    @lindamillar2505Ай бұрын

    Stephen Flynn obviously doesn't want to lose a very well paid job by telling the truth about Humza John Sweeny and Nicola Sturgeon Give the Scottish people the right to vote for the next first minister

  • @edwardgellan1661
    @edwardgellan1661Ай бұрын

    Yeah look at NHS schools,and drugs

  • @dougcop7253

    @dougcop7253

    Ай бұрын

    Yes it is a lot better than the other home nations and PS drugs are not devolved to Scotland

  • @Calcearius

    @Calcearius

    Ай бұрын

    @@dougcop7253 Drug addiction is a health issue which is devolved. Shame the SNP shut down all the rehabs.

  • @sheilastirling5635

    @sheilastirling5635

    Ай бұрын

    Drugs are a reserved power of Westminster

  • @je555rfc
    @je555rfcАй бұрын

    Swinney? surely a joke?

  • @ryanbettsazure
    @ryanbettsazureАй бұрын

    The SNP cult is failing, and it's wonderful to see. Let's hope we see some positive change in Scotland after 17 yrs of chaos and managed decline!

  • @simoncook8455
    @simoncook8455Ай бұрын

    Stephen Flynn has to "own" his advice to Humza Yousaf to sack the Greens, he got it wrong. The SNP have to appeal to the Scottish electorate not just to the "comfortable slipper" old guard in the Scottish National Party. Kate Forbes is the only person that can re-invigorate the party and give Scottish politics the direction it needs.

  • @johnathankain8033
    @johnathankain8033Ай бұрын

    Its time for a Scottish Election. Clearly things have changed dramatically from what people may have voted for at the last round.

  • @KuroMicra
    @KuroMicraАй бұрын

    The best they have!!! Well that pretty much speaks volumes, doesn’t it. The devolved administration who have carried out more 3 point turns than a driving test centre.

  • @alasdairfinlayson
    @alasdairfinlaysonАй бұрын

    Sorry, but Swinney oversaw all of the previous ruinous SNP seventeen years, and is equally as culpable as all other supporters. Scotland has seen the light and want a better future, without the obsessive, divisive, independence fiasco!

  • @Harrier_DuBois

    @Harrier_DuBois

    Ай бұрын

    Tory c

  • @alasdairfinlayson

    @alasdairfinlayson

    Ай бұрын

    @@Harrier_DuBois never voted Tory in my life, Scottish born and bred. Born a citizen of the two greatest countries in the world, and don't like SNP trying to bully me out of that. The Scottish people are tired of paying the price for the obsessive wrong belief of the SNP that independence will make things better for Scotland. They won't. It'll make it infinitely worse in every aspect. The SNP hierarchy know that, and have cleverly manoeuvred themselves out of the equation over the last few years, rather than face the music. Think about that.

  • @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
    @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252Ай бұрын

    Absolutely f*cking ridiculous.

  • @jeanetteeftekhar6762
    @jeanetteeftekhar6762Ай бұрын

    Scotland needs an election. Why has it been tough for Flynn, he is in Westminster. Anyone who thinks thst Yusef did a good job has not been living on Scotland.

  • @lindamillar2505

    @lindamillar2505

    Ай бұрын

    Correct

  • @jackhackett6827
    @jackhackett6827Ай бұрын

    'best person we have' sounds like a reluctant admission, the remainder of the SNP cabal will be delighted.

  • @davedurave2
    @davedurave2Ай бұрын

    Flynn another clown 🤡

  • @user-nb9px9cm4p
    @user-nb9px9cm4pАй бұрын

    Integrity! 😂 Hamza Useless?

  • @laurahill6321
    @laurahill6321Ай бұрын

    no getting a new leader of the SNP is like putting a plaster on a open wound, what we need is a new party running Scotland! The SNP are done . Let’s have a Scottish general election.!

  • @dougcop7253

    @dougcop7253

    Ай бұрын

    Read the Scotland Act and educate yourself by the way DID WALES have a general election so they could have a new leader

  • @Bombadier09
    @Bombadier09Ай бұрын

    Just call an election and let the people decide. Times up for the SNP and there woke mantra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @tommykeenan4930
    @tommykeenan4930Ай бұрын

    Shows how bad SNP are if the failed John Swinney is the best they have 😅 he’s serious, seriously bad

  • @ScruffySandra
    @ScruffySandraАй бұрын

    He looks like every other scot politician. Do they make these people in a factory.

  • @TheAngrychipmunk96
    @TheAngrychipmunk96Ай бұрын

    If we increase the number of people who vote for the SNP, we will return more MEPs. My god, this man has cracked it.

  • @Blueirishbloke
    @BlueirishblokeАй бұрын

    One rule for me, one rule for thee on getting another new leader 🤣

  • @brianpatrick3160
    @brianpatrick3160Ай бұрын

    Swinney is a good cure for insomnia!.

  • @tomimpala
    @tomimpala13 күн бұрын

    1:16 don't stammer over saying his name lol

  • @JimmyTimmy-wh8dz
    @JimmyTimmy-wh8dzАй бұрын

    Let them explain the increasing surveillance, the shrinking of our foodstuffs but increase the price and the mass immigration policy that we the public didnt want or ask for.

  • @penelopehughes-jones5265
    @penelopehughes-jones5265Ай бұрын

    This is wonderful news for Scottish Independence. Remember William Wallace was a reluctant leader. Onwards to Freedom!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @rudolphsloss8135
    @rudolphsloss8135Ай бұрын

    Poor uncle fester has lost a lot of weight !!!

  • @OneTrueScotsman
    @OneTrueScotsmanАй бұрын

    #StillYes #StillScottish #StillSNP

  • @pinkpyjamas-ey6rw

    @pinkpyjamas-ey6rw

    Ай бұрын

    Not for me, thanks.

  • @Calcearius

    @Calcearius

    Ай бұрын

    #StillThickAsMince

  • @nanunanu8745

    @nanunanu8745

    Ай бұрын

    Not a cult though...

  • @mariestevenson7999
    @mariestevenson7999Ай бұрын

    No! NO!

  • @mrnice7570
    @mrnice7570Ай бұрын

    Swivel swinney the snake

  • @viewer.123

    @viewer.123

    Ай бұрын

    Crikey, here we go. More name calling and less critical analysis

  • @user-vx5rz2bp4f
    @user-vx5rz2bp4fАй бұрын

    If in doubt play safe and appeal to (buy off) your hardcore supporters.

  • @samkayak8712
    @samkayak8712Ай бұрын

    This is the SNP's last chance to get it right, before the next election. Who they choose will set the tone, and ultimately will decide whether they march forward championing the Scottish people: or simply sink into the centralist, low achieving, gender beguiled Sturgeon mediocrity that we have sadly become used to.

  • @nanunanu8745
    @nanunanu8745Ай бұрын

    Another 'proven winner'?

  • @davidmcdonald1441
    @davidmcdonald1441Ай бұрын

    Green jobs ?

  • @JamesBeattie-lz9cc
    @JamesBeattie-lz9ccАй бұрын

    Kate Forbes was the only choice and snp fucked it

  • @raygem1943
    @raygem194316 күн бұрын

    What a load of Tosh

  • @DavidM-gx8fs
    @DavidM-gx8fsАй бұрын

    Another Pratt

  • @Steadydietofnothing1
    @Steadydietofnothing1Ай бұрын

    Really the best person to take over what a shower of bellends

  • @tpmbe
    @tpmbeАй бұрын

    Muppet show .......Oh Dear, not exactly new blood is it.... same old same old same old the same old record playing again.... we are all tired of this SNP same old story in Scotland...

  • @lestrem11
    @lestrem11Ай бұрын

    Oh dear……

  • @pinkpyjamas-ey6rw

    @pinkpyjamas-ey6rw

    Ай бұрын

    I know....the Clueless SNP.

  • @dougcop7253

    @dougcop7253

    Ай бұрын

    @@pinkpyjamas-ey6rw look at the state of the UK 14 years what a mess

  • @rudolphsloss8135
    @rudolphsloss8135Ай бұрын

    Hey uncle fester is still talking shyte !!

  • @lindamillar2505
    @lindamillar2505Ай бұрын

    Not John Sweeny he has been first minister and failed He is also pals with Nicola Sturgeon not a good look This guy is talking rubbish he is obviously a friend of John and Nicola We need fresh eyes in Holyrood John Sweeney hasnt got fresh eyes he see things the same as Nicola Bring on Kate 🎉

  • @pinkpyjamas-ey6rw
    @pinkpyjamas-ey6rwАй бұрын

    We want a Contest, not a Coronation. Joanna Cherry is absolutely correct in her tweet. NOT Swine-y; he's tired, had his chance and has too many personal distractions. And certainly not this clown here.

  • @DrawTheThinLine
    @DrawTheThinLineАй бұрын

    Also...is that a Hugo Boss suit he has on? Take a close look......Schutzstaffel in the making?

  • @scotthoggan2115
    @scotthoggan2115Ай бұрын

    Wow swinney a failed politician just call for an election

  • @peterhickman6184
    @peterhickman6184Ай бұрын

    Sorry no Scotland, uk and me need a snp. That unloved and election please lord.

  • @user-xq5eo4mh7d
    @user-xq5eo4mh7dАй бұрын

    On 27 August 1991, as the dissolution of the Soviet Union was underway, the Moldavian SSR declared independence and took the name Moldova. However, the strip of Moldovan territory on the east bank of the Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990. it's the creation of moldove is back, the end of human origins in moldove in 2025 on future?

  • @ElmugreTV

    @ElmugreTV

    Ай бұрын

    Cool story bro.

  • @julianshepherd2038
    @julianshepherd2038Ай бұрын

    Humza was better than John but Stephen managed to get him and the Greens out. Not as clever as he thinks.

  • @joso7228
    @joso7228Ай бұрын

    Cancel Cancel Culture

  • @joecmccluskey
    @joecmccluskeyАй бұрын

    KATE FORBES for First Minister of Scotland INDEPENDENCE for SCOTLAND

  • Ай бұрын

    Surely there are rats and mice in Scotland?

  • @user-id2mp1hq5y
    @user-id2mp1hq5yАй бұрын

    Serious liar

  • @MaxSteel13.17KIA
    @MaxSteel13.17KIAАй бұрын

    😂😂😂 Stephen Flynn is John Swinneys lover!

  • @stbuddie
    @stbuddieАй бұрын

    The Mupoet party

  • @user-qy1nb4hi6s
    @user-qy1nb4hi6sАй бұрын

    Any Christian is the best person we have. Only a Christian.

  • @RSD763

    @RSD763

    Ай бұрын

    It will be another Muslim when Labour get in, must be some kind of Jockholm Syndrome. Vote Reform UK

  • @aklim4

    @aklim4

    Ай бұрын

    Islamophobia 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @Durka-Durka01

    @Durka-Durka01

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@aklim4 durka, durka!

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