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Interview: First Minister John Swinney

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Dec 18, 202435:00Government & Organizations

Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney sits down with Podlitical. The First Minister talks about becoming SNP leader right before the UK general election was called, how he worried his party faced a wipeou...

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