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swinney

American

[swin-ee] / ˈswɪn i /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

sweeny.

Swinney British

/ ˈswɪnɪ /

noun

John ( Ramsay ). born 1964, Scottish politician; leader of the Scottish National Party (2000–04); Scottish government finance minister from 2007

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It emerged that the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain - head of the prosecution service and a government minister and legal adviser - had written a memo to John Swinney in January.

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Why was Swinney privy to details that would not become public for more than a month?

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Swinney then joined the defence, putting his "absolute confidence" in Bain and calling the accusations "contemptible rubbish".

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Swinney suggested it was "desperation" which drove his opponents to make such serious claims.

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It came after it was revealed that Bain informed Swinney about details of the charge against Murrell weeks before it became public, in an email sent on 19 January.

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