THIS weekend will see the Alba Party gather in Lochgelly for its Spring Campaign Conference, as a prelude to the General Election.
– leading to Humza Yousaf’s resignation and the coronation of John Swinney as new First Minister – brought Alba an unexpected publicity boost.
MacAskill and Hanvey, on the other hand, seem to have discovered the elixir of political life. MacAskill was looking forward to writing more books – excellent ones on Scotland’s left-wing history – when he found himself unexpectedly at Westminster in 2019, then as a front man for Alba in 2021.in the face of Treasury indifference and austerity, not to mention a rather lacklustre economic leadership from the Scottish Government itself.refinery has been both inspiring and exemplary.
But Gerry is correct to say that the test of Alba is winning votes. A poll conducted in April – pre the dust-up between the SNP and– found that 15.4% of Scots would vote for Alex Salmond for FM compared to 17.1% for Anas Sarwar and 25.8% for Humza Yousaf. The same poll showed Salmond was the favoured choice in the north-east as best first minister. I’d call that competitive, Gerry.
From this perspective, it is instructive to look at the outcome of the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, when Labour clocked 34% on the regional list, the SNP 24% and the Tories 17%. That’s roughly where we are now, give or take a few points. Result: Scottish Labour cannot assume it will overtake the SNP even if the Unionist parties might cobble together enough seats to grab temporary power. It will be the hour of maximum danger for Scotland., where there have always been numerous pro-independence parties representing different points on the political spectrum. To date, Scotland has always been unusual in having one hegemonic independence party. But for good or ill, those days are past. Alba are here to stay.
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