John Swinney fears 'deeply troubling' rise of Nigel Farage will see right-wing leader become Prime Minister

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John Swinney has warned right wing Nigel Farage is likely to become the next Tory leader and Prime Minister one day.The SNP leader sounded the alarm over the “deeply troubling” rise of the Reform Party chief.

He said: “It makes me feel ill.”Swinney also said he would never campaign with former SNP leader Alex Salmond again after the former SNP leader’s bitter fallout with Nicola Sturgeon.He also said he supported Labour plans for VAT on private school fees and called for Keir Starmer to devolve employment legislation to Holyrood.Labour are in line for a stunning general election victory on July 4th, but Starmer’s party is locked in a battle with the SNP for first place in Scotland.Opinion polls reveal the rise of Farage’s Reform party could wipe out the Tories and speculation is rife he could be the next Tory leaderIn an interview with the Record, Swinney was asked whether he thinks Farage will take over from Rishi Sunak: "Yes, I think there is every possibility.

I might even go as far as to say ‘likelihood’ that that might be the case.“I don’t recognise the Conservative party.”He added: “The Conservative Party is just drifting itself into a position where actually it is really quite at ease with the arguments of Nigel Farage."Asked if he could see Farage becoming PM if a Labour Government fails to deliver, he said: “It’s a possibility.”He also said a Farage-led Tory party or Government would put a strain on the Union.Swinney, a party veteran who took over as First Minister from Humza Yousaf, is also estranged from Salmond.Salmond and Sturgeon fell out spectacularly and Swinney is on the side of the first woman ever to become FM.The Record asked him how he feels about a man he worked with for decades. “Distant,” he