Saturday, September 28, 2024

In case you've ever wondered, this is what the Alba Party website looks like to a suspended member

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Not much to see, really.  And certainly not much point in following the advice in the text, because it's obvious even to the most basic ...
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Friday, September 27, 2024

Thoughts on Russell Findlay's win in the Scottish Tory leadership election

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The irony has often been noted that Labour and not the Tories are self-conscious about being a party of diversity, and yet it's the Tori...
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Big win for the SNP in Perth City North by-election

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There was a by-election double-header in Perth & Kinross yesterday, and as is often the case in the wacky world of STV by-elections, thi...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Dedication, ooooh dedication, that's what made Keir a record-breaker, yeah

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have an article in The National today about Keir Starmer's record-breaking journey from landsli...
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Monday, September 23, 2024

A personal statement about Chris McEleny's decision to suspend me from the Alba Party for the heinous crime of (*checks notes*) blogging

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Over the last two weeks, I have sent three short and to-the-point emails to Chris McEleny, the General Secretary of the Alba Party, seeking ...
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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Survation poll confirms that Labour have lost their lead in Scotland - and suggests the Scottish public wants Devo Max

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When the Opinium poll came out the other day showing the SNP seven points ahead, I did raise the possibility that the SNP might have been fl...
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Friday, September 20, 2024

Here is the *minimum* that Alba members should be demanding from the constitution review process, in my view

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The weekly Alba email to members, this time written by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, has announced among other things that a National Assembly of th...
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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Keith Brown's statement is not a long-overdue sign of realism - it's a sign of abject surrender to Westminster

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Well, what a bind we're in as a movement.  Yesterday's Opinium poll was better than anyone could really have dreamed of at this sta...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

SNP become clear favourites to win a fifth term in 2026 as stunning new Opinium survey gives them a significant lead over Labour

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It's rather fitting that the day that marks the passing of a generation since the independence referendum has brought word of what could...
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Ten years on, some personal recollections of the referendum

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It's exactly a generation ago today that the independence referendum took place, and as everyone and their auntie seems to be publishing...
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