Questions to Put John Swinney on the Immigration Spot
Alistair McConnachie lists questions which require Mr Swinney to fully explain his immigration beliefs; and which will shame him if he will not stand up for Scotland, its indigenous people, and their right to be protected from the potentially 8.3 billion people in the world to whom Mr Swinney appears happy to open the door!
On the 5th Nov 2026, First Minister John Swinney got so annoyed with the Reform UK MSPs that he posted on X (pic above) about how he's going to "defeat racism". It was one of those moments where you got to see him in his element – getting emotionally carried away with his own sense of "righteous anger".
Quite frankly, it's frustrating to witness prominent politicians focusing on the imagined problem of "racism" and vowing to "stand up against" this imagined threat.
It is not an original, brave or even relevant stance at this time. It is displacement activity.
They are deliberately ignoring the real matter – Huge Population Increase and Demographic Change caused by Mass Immigration and Fraudulent Asylum – in favour of something much easier; sanctimoniously preening themselves in public, and posturing against those of us who are doing the hard work to draw attention to these changes and limit them.
Our country is going through very fast-paced and unusual population changes which many people in Scotland are concerned about. This is very obvious in the bigger towns and cities, but increasingly everywhere.
You could even call it a crisis. For many of us, it feels like an emergency!
"Racism" – which we define as intentional hatred or hurtfulness directed against people because of their race – has nothing to do with this concern.
To imagine our concerns are "racist" and to posture against us in that manner, is merely an inaccurate and irrelevant platitude in the face of these national changes upon which so many of our politicians – upon whom we depend – are either silent or complicit.
OUR QUESTIONS FOR MR SWINNEY
Mr Swinney, in your role as the political leader of Scotland at this time, we would like to know if you have any common ground – at all – with those Scots who want an end to mass immigration and fraudulent asylum into Scotland.
A good start would be if you were able to answer the following 10 Areas of Enquiry.
Then, perhaps, we can see if your position is actually to allow and encourage Scotland to change demographically into a different country, or if you are sympathetic to the proposals of those of us who want this influx to end.
And if you are sympathetic, then what do you intend to do about it?
10 AREAS of ENQUIRY that NEED ANSWERS
1. Do you, Mr Swinney, see a natural limit to the number of people that Scotland can accept from the rest of the world per year? If so, what is that number? Or are you just content to open up Scotland to the world, forevermore?
2. Is it sustainable for an average of 83,100 long-term immigrants from outside the UK to enter Scotland each year? [source below] That's more people than live in Paisley, Scotland's fifth most populated town. Or do you agree with us that these figures are unsustainable?
3. Why won't you pressure the British government to put an end to mass immigration into Scotland and the UK, as well as encourage them to Stop the Boats? The SNP is, after all, an opposition party. Lots of people in Scotland would support you if you did, and you wouldn't lose very many!
4. Don't you think that if you managed to pressure the British Government to stop mass immigration, then this would actually stop the rise of what you mistakenly call "the far right" – which at the end of the day is really just people who don't want to see these huge numbers transform Scotland into a different country.
5. Or are you so beholden to the ideology of mass immigration and ceaseless levels of asylum seeking that you won't take that common-sense position?
6. What about us – the indigenous people of Scotland? The native people who can trace ancestry here back to, at least, before WW1 and whose ancestors died in that war, for this country. Do we count?
After all, we want a chance of getting social housing. We want affordable rents. We want an NHS appointment in good time. We want to send our children to schools where the majority of children are from English-speaking homes. We want a job after we graduate, yet you Mr Swinney, have said you want to make it easier for foreign graduates to stay and look for jobs in Scotland?
7. You talk as if there are only benefits with mass immigration, but will you admit that there are also downsides? For example, over-crowding and housing shortages – we can't possibly build houses at the rate at which people are entering. There is greater demand on care services. There is greater sewerage and waste. There is an ever-increasing welfare bill for new immigrants and citizens which raises taxes. There could be potential water and food shortages, and energy shortages. There is increased crime, and the danger of terrorism. More people put more pressure on the police and court system. There are also the everyday problems of traffic jams, crammed public transport; and longer queues and waiting lists. Why don't you speak about the downsides?
8. You emote about your "values", but the fact is, we all have different values. That's what politics is about. Your "values" appear to be "open borders" and emoting about "racism". Our values are respecting and defending Scotland's borders and protecting our country. Will you respect the fact that we differ on certain matters, and that's what politics is about, or will you continue to condemn us, as if our concerns are illegitimate?
9. Do you accept that Scotland is a small country of 5 and a half million people (although half a million of them were born overseas according to the 2022 Census), but there are over 8.3 billion people in the world, millions of whom would want to live in Scotland if they could?
10. In the face of all this, do you agree that it is irresponsible to call for more immigration, and to ignore and condemn the valid concerns around it?
SOURCE for 83,100 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FIGURE into SCOTLAND
This is the average of the 3-year period between June 2022 and June 2025, as recorded by the National Records of Scotland (NRS).
22/23 = 109.5K long-term international immigrants into Scotland. That is, people from outside the UK and who are aiming to stay for more than a year.
23/24 = 82.2K
24/25 = 57.6K
As detailed on the NRS websites:
22/23 (updated) and 24/25 at Fig 3 at nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/mid-2025-population-estimates/
For all figures from 2001/02, also see Tables 1 and 2 of the Excel spreadsheet "International Migration by Scottish administration areas and sex" which can be opened from the link "International Migration, Mid 2002 To Mid 2025" at nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/migration-flows-to-mid-2025/
For more articles on immigration see our Territorial Sovereignty: Article Index
Please see our book Protect our Country: Policies to Stop Mass Immigration available on Amazon.
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