Scottish National Party Quotes

The SNP talks a lot - but they have proved that they cannot deliver.

The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.

Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career.

I won't say I've never felt in Alex Salmond's shadow, but latterly, when Alex was leader, I didn't. It's more about my awareness of the fact I became First Minister during a parliamentary term. That means you're First Minister, but you haven't been elected in your own right as First Minister.

I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with Ukip - because there is no meeting point for me with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU. I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

I hope nobody in England is afraid of the SNP - there is absolutely no need to be.

No one anticipated the SNP wiping out Labour in Scotland in 2015.

The SNP are far from radical, but they do have a knack for producing the odd simple, progressive policy that's hard to argue against.

I have huge respect for Nicola Sturgeon and for the SNP.