Your money is safe with me

JOHN Swinney has promised SNP members at a private meeting the party will never again be embroiled in a financial scandal on his watch.

- JOHN FERGUSON

In a recording leaked to the Sunday Mail, the First Minister yesterday addressed card-carrying donors in the wake of former CEO Peter Murrell’s court appearance on embezzlement charges.

We can reveal Swinney gave a personal assurance party cash was safe with him and that, in the future, every penny handed over would be used to fight for Scottish independence and on campaigning for the 2026 Holyrood election.