Saturday, October 28, 2023

Update on the Alba internal elections

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Ash Regan's defection was in fact the second big surprise of the day for me in the Alba conference hall, because I had been waiting to h...
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The game-changer: Alba goes to Holyrood

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When I was a student, I remember reading a book about the (short) history of the SDP.  It intriguingly stated that the only Tory MP to defec...
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Vote James Kelly #1 in the Alba NEC elections - for radical democratisation of the party

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They say a politician should never hypothecate on failure, but then I'm not really a politician, and as UNIMAGINABLE as it may seem that...
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Thursday, October 26, 2023

There are various ways in which independence may be won - but it's not going to be won with a big petition

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I've just been having a belated look at Robin McAlpine / Common Weal's plan for winning independence, although to be clear I've ...
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Saturday, October 21, 2023

Thoughts on election strategy for the Alba Party

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For very technical reasons to do with Alba's internal election rules, I was given an unexpected opportunity today to submit a few lines ...
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Friday, October 20, 2023

Setback for "Scottish Labour" as first post-Rutherglen poll shows independence support at almost 50%

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As I pointed out both before and after the Rutherglen by-election, the problem with any Labour victory was not what it would show us about p...
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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Lisa Cameron: what a pointless waste

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The more I read about Lisa Cameron's thinking about her decision to join the Tory party, the more I think that a) she's extremely mu...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Yousaf's craven backtracking: when a "vote for independence" somehow means a vote for more devolution or to give "consideration" to doing something later on, but only maybe

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I wanted to wait until I had a chance to read through the full text of the SNP's new "strategy for winning independence" befor...
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Friday, October 13, 2023

VIDEO: Vote James Kelly #1 for Alba's Membership Support Convener to democratically empower *all* party members

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  * Voting for Membership Support Convener opens TODAY and all current Alba Party members can vote. * If I win, I will use my long experienc...
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Thursday, October 12, 2023

Vote James Kelly #1 for Alba's Membership Support Convener: Thoughts on how to radically democratise Alba's conference

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As I said in yesterday's post , part of my reason for throwing my hat in the ring for the Membership Support Convener election is to hop...
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