John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon ‘still friends’ despite criticism of SNP election campaign

The First Minister said he last spoke to his predecessor “over the summer” after she accused him of running a campaign that lacked “vision” and “big picture thinking”.John Swinney hugs Nicola Sturgeon on her final day as an MSP after the closing of the sixth parliamentary session of the Scottish Parliament(Image: PA Wire/PA Images)