The delayed elections for ordinary members of of the Alba NEC will take place over the weekend, and I believe anyone who registered as a conference delegate will be able to vote. (One of my reasons for standing as a candidate is that I want to make the case that the system should change - all members should have a vote whether they registered for conference or not.) There's been a lot of frustration that members haven't been provided with a full list of candidates in advance of the elections, and also that no hustings have taken place. I decided to try to remedy that by organising some online hustings myself as episodes of the Scot Goes Popcast. You can watch Part 1 of the hustings below, in which two NEC candidates - myself (James Kelly) and Trish McPherson - answer some excellent and thoughtful questions from Alba members. Please note that I was using a family member's Zoom account, so it's definitely James Kelly who is standing as a candidate, not Ann Kelly!
All NEC candidates and Alba members are welcome to take part in Part 2 of the hustings, which will be recorded over Zoom at 9pm tonight. If you don't already have the link, just contact me on Twitter or at: icehouse.250@gmail.com
From yesterday:
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“Scottish independence: Alba launch new ‘back-up’ referendum plan”
This is interesting because it follows on from KC Aidan O’Neill’s opinion to Neale Hanvey some months ago about where to go after the UKSC made a self-deterministic booboo (effed up, frankly), and O’Neill was previously of the opinion that the Scottish Parliament is empowered by the People of Scotland (and indeed, has been 6 times now).
This too is a member’s bill and therefore not bound as far as I know, by any requirement for the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain to give it the OK as far as legislative competence is concerned. Yes, I guess if passed it could face challenges then.
I hope the SNP and Greens can find it in themselves to at least consider the Bill and perhaps give it their support.
I say “perhaps” because not having thought about it in depth, I am actually neutral as to whether it’s a good thing or not.
Will Mike Russell be taking his horsebox and 11 point independence plan with him? Another SNP failure (assuming he ever wanted independence in the first place ) departs the scene but not via a luxury motorhome.
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