👇Wise words of experience as always from Sabir in this thread.

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🔵Nominated and sworn in as @scotgovFM
🔵Appointed Cabinet and Ministers
🔵Attended a celebration of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - the world’s only learning centre delivering courses in Gaelic

Here's what the last few days have looked like for John Swinney, Scotland’s new First Minister.

Thank you to our new First Minister, John Swinney, for putting his trust in me and asking me to be Minister for Climate Action. An exciting post with massive opportunities for Scotland gov.scot/news/full-mini…

Delighted to be asked by ⁦John Swinney⁩ to continue in the role as Housing Minister in the Scottish Government - very humbled to do so - Full ministerial team confirmed - gov.scot gov.scot/news/full-mini…

Absolutely delighted to be continuing as Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport.

It’s a huge honour & privilege to serve in Scotland’s Government & I’m keen to crack on with the work in hand!

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Honoured to be asked by the First Minister to join his government and continue in my role of Minister for Victims and Community Safety. It’s a privilege and honour to serve the people of Scotland.

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Privilege to continue to serve the country as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs in John Swinney cabinet

First Minister John Swinney has appointed Kate Forbes MSP as Deputy First Minister.

'I am very pleased to appoint Kate as Deputy First Minister. She is an immensely talented politician, and her new role will prove critical as we focus on our key commitments.”

Thank you Humza for your dedication and service for our country. You are a true gentleman. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

On Firefighters’ Memorial Day, Victims and Community Safety Minister Siobhian Brown remembers the fallen and pays tribute to Scotland’s dedicated firefighters.

Tories cut UC by £20 in 2021, the SNP doubled the Scottish Child Payment. “That’s a significant addition to a low income household. It’s each year & every year, not a one-off boost. At a societal level, modelling puts the impact on child poverty rates at a reduction of around 5%”

If you're worried about money or how to deal with debt, you're not alone.

To find out where you can access free advice and support visit gov.scot/costoflivingsu…

Yesterday I announced my candidacy to be ⁦The SNP⁩ Leader here are a few words of thanks for the support that has been forthcoming so far.

I had a great morning visiting the site for the new ⁦Ayrshire Hospice⁩ facility in Prestwick. It was good to meet CabSec Neil Gray MSP, and Ashleigh Construction on the progress of this great facility. ⁦Siobhian Brown MSP⁩ ⁦Professor Ian Welsh OBE⁩ ⁦Fiona Lees⁩

As a service we have identified potential areas we could change to use our resources differently. 🚒

We're running an online survey to capture views of people across Scotland which will help to develop options for future public consultation.

The #WASPI Campaign women will always have my unwavering support and admiration.

The WASPI women are not just fighting for themselves, but for my daughters too.

It would be a complete betrayal if Labour and the Tories fail to deliver the compensation WASPI women deserve.

NEW: Andrew Neil has been forced to delete a tweet falsely claiming Humza Yousaf would be entitled to £52,000 a year after resigning.

🗣 'Spreading falsehoods online is often attributed to random anonymous trolls. But in this case a huge untruth was tweeted by Andrew Neil'

Excellent work Gillian - proud to support your bill. 👏👏

Life lessons are important. 👍