15 hours ago Angus Cochrane Senior political journalist EPA John Swinney, who led the SNP to a fifth successive Holyrood election victory, celebrated with his newly elected MSPs SNP leader John Swinney has ruled out any negotiations with Reform UK as his party seeks to return to government. While the SNP comfortably won a fifth successive Holyrood election, the party is seven seats short of a majority - meaning it will have to rely on help from other parties to pass laws. Labour and Reform UK came joint second with 17 seats each, followed by the Greens on 15, the Conservatives on 12 and the Liberal Democrats on 10. Reform's leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, accused Swinney of being "arrogant, petty and deeply undemocratic". Swinney told a news conference in Edinburgh that the SNP was by a "country mile" the leading party and would form the next government. He said the leaders of all other Holyrood parties would be invited individually to talks from next week - except for Reform.…