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Alison Rowat: Decisions loom for Swinney and changes on way at BBC Scotland

Mark Harper, the UK transport secretary, was the lucky minister sent out to tour the Sunday shows with a dual message from Number 10: yes the results were disappointing, but the plan is to stick to the plan. Clear enough? Not to Suella Braverman, who popped up on BBC1’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. The former home secretary appeared more furious than disappointed, saying it was a “disgrace” for the Tories to be trailing Starmer, a man with “the charisma of a peanut”.