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Scottish Parliament. The leaders of Holyrood's five other parties also stood for the role, but the SNP's comfortable election victory made Swinney's nomination a virtual certainty. His appointment will be rubber-stamped
Scottish National party (SNP) in Holyrood and Sinn Féin in Stormont – would mean that whoever occupies No 10 Downing Street in the near future will have a [constitutional fight](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/nationalist-wins-uk-celtic-nations-may-elections) on their hands
2023. And a recent factor has been the interplay between Home Office attempts to clear the backlog of people awaiting asylum decisions, and Scotland's approach to homelessness. More than 6,500 people are currently