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  1. Grangemouth refinery

  2. First Minister John Swinney

  3. John Swinney delivering a speech

  4. John Swinney

  5. A composite stylised image of Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon Jim Murphy and Alasdair Darling during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.

  6. A lone YES campaign supporter walks down a street in Edinburgh after the result of the Scottish independence referendum, Scotland, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014

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    Nicola Sturgeon with Michelle O'Neill at Bute House House in 2022

  8. Beth, with bright blonde hair, smiles at the camera while her son, Calum, hugs her on a beach

  9. Usain Bolt in 2014

  10. Neil Gray

  11. A view of the Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Grangemouth

  12. Mr Salmond said since the 2014 referendum, the "zombie parliament" at Holyrood had "done nothing".

  13. Alex Salmond

  14. Grangemouth at dusk with chimneys and industrial towers lit by orange lights

  15. Swinney said there was "urgency" for the UK government to authorise the Acorn carbon capture and storage project.

  16. Landscape view of Grangemouth during the day time

  17. A school classroom with a box of pencils in the foreground

  18. School blazers from a variety of schools hanging up

  19. classroom picture

  20. John Swinney at polling station

  21. Gurpreet Singh Johal and John Swinney

  22. Jenny Gilruth

  23. prisoners in a scottish jail

  24. John Swinney in parliament