cheers of the afternoon. let s not forget that five or six weeks ago no one was expecting john swinney to be leader of the scottish national party, to be first minister, let alone to be leading the scottish national party into a general election. he touched on that at the start of his speech and said it was a surprise and he described it as the loveliest of surprises. he then went on to talk about the dates of this election, the 4th ofjuly, independence day he said four friends in the us. that went down very well with the crowd. but he was trying to talk to people beyond the room. the room was full of activists and candidates and he was trying to get the message out to people beyond that room, that the snp will be a champion for everyone in scotland. we had the election campaign launched today. what happens next forjohn swinney? forjohn swinney? well, this election campaign forjohn swinney? well, this election campaign is - forjohn swinney? well, this election campaign is only i for
thank you very much. friends, i think it s fair to say that neither you nor i really expected four weeks ago that i would be standing here as leader of the scottish national party the first minister of scotland. i hope it is for you as it is for me. the loveliest of surprises. laughter applause i am deeply honoured to be leading a partly dark party and said in first minister. that was enough of a surprise. in truth, i didn t really expect i would be leading the snp into an election campaign within two weeks are becoming party leader.
she knew exactly what she was doing. it was how she could push back against them. one day we waited for a very long time. and sir laurence made her apologize to the whole crew. for keeping them waiting so long. excuse me. but once she was in front of the camera, she was magic. hey, listen, i can do the short one. i need it for my heart, it s kind of beating down here. so sorry. it s all right, it s not your fault. in fact, if i d known this was all that was going to happen, i needn t have been nervous. long life to your grand highness. cheerio. better luck next time, only not with me, of course. when you watch the movie, i think she s much better than he is in it. he comes off stilted, and she is always luminous. hey, listen. there s something to this stuff. are you sure there s no effect when you drink it that way? she upstages him into the heavens. it s one of her loveliest, sweetest, most effective