SNP conference: Diary- Adulation comes just a little late

What a reception John Swinney received yesterday after his speech.

If only he could have commanded such a reaction when he was SNP leader.

The SNP members in the stalls of the concert hall gave him a lengthy standing ovation and one grizzled observer even thought he saw the trace of a tear in Bruce Crawford's eye as the clapping went on and on.

Not a dry seat in the house.