Sunak's election date earlier than expected but welcome, says Scottish first minister

John Swinney has said the 4 July date for the UK general election was earlier than expected but welcome. The announcement comes shortly after the new SNP leader took over from Hamza Yousaf.

Swinney added that arranging elections during the Scottish school summer holidays was an act of disrespect. Swinney told reporters: 'There will be schools in Scotland on holiday by the time polling day comes and that will not have been given a moment's thought by the Tory election planners. It shows the contempt the Tories have for Scotland'

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[JimStrachan-eozk]

And what is the SNP going to do about the migrants

[markdraycott]

Grumpy Scotland as usual thinking they’re special, what does it matter?

[EmmaWallace-yizu]

If you are Scottish, then we are making a stand George Square 1pm Saturday 25th may 2024 i will be there and many more we are standing for native rights, and the right to be housed before asylum seekers ! Our Scottish government spends 8 million a day on asylum seekers yet we cant house our own vetrans ??? Charity starts at home !!! If you agree with the cause all welcome 1pm George square in glasgow this Saturday 25th may 2024 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 unite the nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[liloldme]

What on earth has school holidays got to do with a general election ?

[colinmacfarlane]

The snp are a spent force useless yousaf is gone but definitely not forgotten 😮

[DM-leyi]

Oh boo hoo Swinney just get on with it.

[simongarthwaite]

Whats it got to do with him stick to youre own Parliament.

[johncollins]

Looks forward to it ! Why you've got nothing to look forward to.

[jamesmason]

So all those people suffering from austerity have jetted away on holiday. Is he having a giraffe.?

[Pratt-Hancock]

The SNP, like the Tories, are done and they know it!

[rrstows]

Scotland only way to make Shure Tories are go is to vote labour for the parliament elections. Labour needs seats in Scotland.

[MrKidOcelot]

SNP part of the Uniparty Crime Collective!
Vote for the Citizen Independents or The Workers Party of Britain!!!

[dougie]

People can register for a postal vote.
Another blame game by the SNP.
It's always Westminster fault.
Why did the reporter not remind him of postal votes.

[strangetrip]

No demand for Palestinian recognition plus supporting arms sales = NO CHANCE LABOUR 🇵🇸🇵🇸

[aclark]

SNP are mad if they think Rishi doesn’t care about Scotland. He obviously needs Labour to do very badly in Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[MrKidOcelot]

Vote for the Citizen Independents or The Workers Party of Britain!!!