Saturday, April 12, 2025

The man sacked as Alba's General Secretary three months ago for "gross misconduct" appears to now be working - at public expense - as a policy advisor for Alba's "Holyrood leader". This is not a sustainable situation.

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Thanks to Anon on the previous thread for alerting us to the fact that Chris McEleny has a new job - and having consulted his LinkedIn profi...
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Friday, April 11, 2025

The Rev's in a Stew: astounding scenes on X, formerly known as Twitter, as Somerset's favourite clergyman *does his nut*

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My faithful Somerset stalker, such a thrillingly foul-mouthed man of God, always assures his dwindling band of readers that he can't pos...
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McEleny's victims left bemused as he announces Alba should be a "tent big enough for all" just three months after his sacking as the party's Chief Executioner. Damascene conversions are always lovely but the timing of this one may be just a tad convenient.

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Chris McEleny: "Alba is a broad church with the raison d'être of restoring independence for Scotland so it needs the support of all...
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Thursday, April 10, 2025

The Speeding-Up Of Evolution

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Stuart Campbell, 3rd December 2024:   "We’re going to call this one early: there is zero prospect of a pro-indy majority after the next...
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Doomsday poll for Labour has them in a distant third place on just 22% of the vote - and Rachel Reeves is almost as unpopular as Donald Trump

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Regular readers will recall the oddity of the monthly Freshwater Strategy / City AM series of voting intentions polls, which are almost invi...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

What would be the consequences of Reform taking power in Wales next spring?

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As I always point out, YouGov's Scottish subsamples are of more interest than those from other polling firms, because they appear to be ...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

If you're in the Corri Nostra, it's not only forbidden for you to lose, it's literally impossible for you to lose. The final nail in the coffin for the Alba Party, as Chris Cullen, having been rejected TWICE by party members in elections to the NEC, simply appoints himself to the NEC anyway. A nice set-up if you can wangle it.

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Last night, the "Alba Founders" Twitter account claimed that Chris Cullen, despite having been soundly defeated in the election fo...
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Monday, April 7, 2025

Scottish Curling, brought to you by "British Curling"

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I have quite an impressive track record of getting myself in the Daily Express (complete with irate quotes from the Scottish Conservative P...
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Saturday, April 5, 2025

Alba is now the party where women are told to wheesht

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Zulfikar Sheikh of the Alba Party: "Your hate & jealousy is unmatched, on a daily basis you try & bad name @AlbaParty . @AlexSa...
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Friday, April 4, 2025

Another day, another new Kendall-driven polling low for Labour, as they slump to just 24% with Techne

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Two new GB-wide polls today, and it's the Find Out Now poll that's attracting the most interest, because it shows Reform UK with a s...
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