Saturday, September 14, 2024

A guest post by Alan Harris, former elected member of Alba's Disciplinary Committee and Constitution Review Group, on why he was left with "no alternative" but to leave the Alba Party

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( Editorial note from James Kelly: I have been asked by Alan Harris to publish his guest post, and the letter within it, in full and unabrid...
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A generation later: photos from the referendum anniversary event in George Square

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I'm not going to the event at the Science Centre tonight, but don't leap to conclusions - it's not because a certain Somerset ge...
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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Not many people can claim to have been bullied by a former hostage of the Taliban, so there's always that

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I know I said last night that I hoped not to post any further about Alba internal politics for a while, but the situation keeps escalating a...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Thoughts on "marked cards" and "sealed fates"

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I've been swithering about whether to go public with this, but I think it's probably important that Alba members are given some kind...
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Do members of political parties lead best in the dark?

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First of all, thank you to everyone who got in touch by email with supportive words after my unconstitutional removal from my elected role ...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

BREAKING: Propaganda outfit "Scotland in Union" caught fibbing about their own poll - the claimed numbers in the press release do not tally with the data tables, which actually show the SNP 1% ahead on the Holyrood constituency ballot

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As you may already have seen, I have an analysis piece in today's edition of The National about the new Scotland In Union / Survation pr...
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Monday, September 9, 2024

A personal statement on the Alba leadership's bizarre and unconstitutional decision to remove me from a directly elected party role

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First, some context.  Almost as soon as I started participating in Alba internal elections in 2021, I received representations from members ...
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Monday, September 2, 2024

Despair for unionists as first post-election poll suggests Labour's narrow victory has had NO EFFECT on support for independence - the Yes vote stands at a heady 48%

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As you may have gathered, I've been travelling in recent days, so I'm sincerely indebted to our resident unionist troll KC (who some...
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Sunday, September 1, 2024

Doing a Donald Trump pose in front of the Northern Lights

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We interrupt our normal programming to bring you the important news that I've finally seen the Northern Lights.  And I didn't cheat ...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

More analysis of the Norstat poll

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Just a quick note to let you know I've written some more analysis for The National about the weekend's Norstat poll, showing the SNP...
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