We've chosen to stay part of the Westminster system, but we don't want to be a forgotten, sidelined part of it.

I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent country. But as long as we're part of the Westminster system, it's really important to people in Scotland that we get good decisions coming out of Westminster. So we've got a vested interest in being a constructive participant.

The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it.

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore.

The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about Scotland's deficit: it was not created in an independent Scotland; it was created on Westminster's watch.