JOHN SWINNEY

FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND EVERY SECOND MONDAY

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THERE is one thing that has been in short supply in the UK in recent years - hope. The belief that a better future is possible.

And no wonder. For too long, the wrong choices have been made at Westminster. Brexit, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and now Keir Starmer's disastrous first year in office - it has been relentless chaos for almost a decade.

Energy bills, food prices and the cost of just about everything else has soared, while wages and living standards have stagnated.

The rich get richer, and everyone else is left to struggle.

London and the south east of England are showered with investment, while Scotland is left as an afterthought.