Brexit
John Swinney: Five reasons why EU return is vital for growth after Brexit failures
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![Swinney: Brexit exposed 'myth of union of equals'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18212122.jpg)
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General Election
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Rosemary Goring
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![The SNP's policy is to negotiate membership of the European Union](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10986259.jpg)
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![Should the Conservative Party of Rishi Sunak and Douglas Ross be returned to power?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18127385.jpg)
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![£134m is chickenfeed compared to the cost of Brexit](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12364072.jpg)
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![John Swinney with Nicola Sturgeon just before the latter's last First Minister's Questions in March last year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18058490.jpg)
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Business Voices
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![Brexiters celebrate Britain officially leaving the EU at 11pm on January 31, 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12297533.jpg)
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![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17847060.jpg)
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![First Minister Humza Yousaf launches the SNP general election campaign in January](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17640998.jpg)
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![Young families find it almost impossible to buy a house in many parts of the Highlands](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17703987.jpg)
![Was the electorate fooled by the Brexit campaign?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12310617.jpg)
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![Scots companies should fly the flag abroad, say firms](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12377997.jpg)
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Business Voices
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Letters
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Letters
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Opinion
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Letters
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