Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party could STOP Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP gaining an outright majority

Alex Salmond’s upstart pro-independence Alba Party party could ruin Nicola Sturgeon‘s chances of an outright SNP majority in the Scottish parliament election, a new poll suggests today.   The Savanta ComRes poll for The Scotsman predicts the SNP will return 64 MSPs, one short of the 65 needed for a majority. The poll predicts the Alba … Read more

Blow for Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party as poll puts support at 3 per cent

Blow for Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party as poll puts support at 3 per cent and suggests he’ll be lucky to be their single MSP Survation poll found Alex Salmond most unpopular mainstream Scottish leader Study found 71 per cent of people in Scotland viewed Mr Salmond unfavourably More than half found former First Minister … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP rocked by MORE defections to Alex Salmond’s Alba party

Nicola Sturgeon fired both barrels at her former boss Alex Salmond today as she blasted those ‘who treat politics like a game’ amid a wave of defections to his new party. The First Minister launched a thinly-veiled attack on her predecessor after several of her MPs and councillors defected to his new Alba nationalist group. … Read more

ANOTHER SNP MP defects to Alex Salmond’s new Alba party

Another SNP MP has announced they are defecting to Alex Salmond’s new party as the Scottish independence movement descends further into chaos. Neale Hanvey, who represents Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath at Westminster, declared that he is joining Alba and will be a candidate at Hoylrood elections in May. The move comes after former SNP justice secretary Kenny … Read more

SNP’s Kenny MacAskill defects to Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party

SNP’s Kenny MacAskill becomes party’s first Westminster MP to defect to Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party Kenny MacAskill has represented East Lothian in the Commons since 2019  He insisted the switch would bolster, not derail, the independence movement  Ex-SNP MP Corrie Wilson is also joining the former first minister in the election  By Jack Elsom … Read more

Alex Salmond’s accuser says she has been ‘left to swim’ following ‘harassment’ inquiry

Alex Salmond’s ‘harassment’ accuser says she has been ‘left to swim’ following inquiry and was ‘basically just dropped’ by Nicola Sturgeon’s team The woman said she was ‘basically just dropped’ by the Scottish government She said she and a fellow complainant were ‘left to swim’ after botched probe  Nicola Sturgeon survived a no confidence vote by … Read more