Watch these two clips side by side, and decide for yourself who is the real John Swinney… The 26th February John Swinney, mouthing pieties about how desperately worried he is by the rise of Reform. Or the 20th March John Swinney, exultant at the rise of Reform.

Whoever said Swinney was ‘honest’ or ‘nice’ was beyond deluded.

'mouthing pieties' catches nicely one of his personas. I met him once v bruefly and thought he was a cold fish.

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He’s no idea who he is himself

Swinney is every bit as corrupt as Sturgeon.

He's lower than a snake's butt hole

@nats_tired The Swindler is as useful as a marzipan dildo.

Swinney flaunts his incomprehension like a badge of honour

Why are you obsessed about this? Concerned that despite Branchform support for independence has grown?

Yes. Obviously. There was an emergency meeting of the reality-based community, and it was decided that efforts must be redoubled.

When this slap head goes on about our values and stuff, does he mean the values he grew up around or the values the woke infiltrators have? Because my values are for hard work, British jobs for British people and immigration capped. Illegal immigration stopped with certain faiths