Professor John Robertson OBA On 30 April 2025, the First Minister wrote back, under FOI rules, to say the above and that below: If you read it, you’ll see it represents a strong commitment to eventually eradicate child poverty in Scotland, a spirited defence of what has been achieved already and clear identification of the factors beyond his control, limiting progress. In the following days, the Herald did publish the FM’s letter in full but then choose to mislead its readers and aid the Scottish Labour party campaign for May 226, with: In the first of the above, they chose … Continue reading In April 2025 Swinney wrote back to the Herald to commit to eradicating child poverty but they chose instead to misrepresent him.