{"id":592812,"date":"2026-05-19T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592812\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:01:09","slug":"snp-leader-john-swinney-re-elected-as-scotlands-first-minister-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592812\/","title":{"rendered":"SNP leader John Swinney re-elected as Scotland\u2019s first minister &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiVEFVX3lxTE5lVl90dGw4NjhITG5ZM2JwdWw4SXZkQ3NTNE9oVGpYM2VfYjhTU0VmaFY1OFhfeVlNbmxZSUtXdlZaR3lDRzU4NmFMQldSYTFMODdOdQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SNP leader John Swinney re-elected as Scotland\u2019s first minister<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNSDhsdGZ2dDhHTVpUUml3RDZENEJ1T2dqT1cxT2gwOC1WekxXUFZBSy05S3VodFJtMnY0ZExjMHBZUXdtWGp2Q0RDTENuU2pLa1BiVUNvVE1leFhqZmdrakNwemgySGgzZC03WnlyNkcyTV9hWi1fSzJoQTdwRVRqdElpNWJoVHBtZnFzRDFVQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSPs to elect new First Minister after Scottish elections<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;STV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOeGY4aUliR3JnNl9uTzdVTmVVdlhYcXcydHlxUG5lcTRDMFdyZVpqQ1A0SlhJczItcjBXSVlXRWNzVjFlSTBSSzFTTGJPaGw5MGdMTVRIa3lvTUFlV0JjcGRfbnhBbHRmY295SnJvb2hQcXFudmRVMFNmMzk2UGtpRE9UbzVWRjRDaFVCTVAtVXE1TUpXNGFLeHNqaHRhdXF4b215aW1UVDRKSUZDZFBwN2dzbzZCVjZUQWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Swinney ready to \u2018get on with the job\u2019 as he is re-elected First Minister<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNM21QMHhzOVdibGNxZDhqT1dSc19GN0V0bTgySWFSQ3BQMHNwRF93WVhyc215aWU1a19sbUszN3cxdHNKOW8wNjBmUTFYbzBHbndTbEJ1WkI2VUV1eWxwRTE5Ym12WEFnbzV5S0ZGcTMtWThPRG02TXlkNDVfODBYOXY1UWpfRVpBdmU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live as MSPs head to parliament for vote on the next First Minister<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The National Scot<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPdFlYNlF4R2FJTGlCLUpQdGtCZERxeXByRldpaHA3WEJrSi1uY1g3amZsNmhtYkJVMnd1clFPMy1iVzdjMzljVGhVa2E3UjZwcl9aRHo1S0E3VWZkU1dfUFFPM2dQd0paN3JFam9VdmxJb1VucF9RalprdTdWR2Itc0dWVXh2QjRnMlAxRnd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Runners and riders as John Swinney poised to select his new SNP Cabinet<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Scotsman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SNP leader John Swinney re-elected as Scotland\u2019s first minister&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCMSPs to elect new First Minister after Scottish elections&nbsp;&nbsp;STV NewsJohn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-592812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}