Humza Yousaf welcomes John Swinney's backing in SNP leadership election

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Humza Yousaf has said that he his campaign has "momentum" as he welcomed John Swinney's backing in the SNP leadership race before the polls open on Monday.The Health Secretary said that it was "a sign of strength" that a "giant" of the independence movement was supporting him.Swinney became the latest high-profile party figure to back Yousaf on Saturday evening.That came hours after the party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn announced that he was supporting the MSP for Glasgow Pollok.The SNP's Deputy Westminster leader Mhairi Black had already said that she was backing Yousaf, as did former Westminster leader Ian Blackford and constitution secretary Angus Robertson.Yousaf told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: "It's sign of strength, that somebody who is the giant of our movement, indisputable that he is seen as a titan of a movement, who has campaigned for independence for, I think, over four decades, has trusted me to build on our progressive agenda and also trusted me to deliver independence."I think anybody would bite John Swinney's hand off for that endorsement."And of course, that coming just before the ballots drop in boxes and letter boxes across the country, I would urge our members to listen to...

John Swinney, get on that email, follow the link and put me down as their first choice."He added: “It’s not just parliamentarians that are backing me, polls have shown that I am ahead with SNP voters and with SNP members. “I’m certainly not complacent...

three weeks ago of course I was behind both in terms of SNP voters and SNP members. “Momentum is everything is everything in a campaign and that’s clearly with my campaign.” Deputy First Minister Swinney had said that Yousaf would "widen our support in attracting new