EXCLUSIVE: Ash Regan is contesting the Alba leadership against Kenny MacAskill and also aimed a few barbs at her rival.
An Alba leadership contender has claimed she brought down Nicola Sturgeon as SNP First Minister and her husband Peter Murrell. Ash Regan said her resignation from government over Sturgeon’s gender reform plans set in train Sturgeon’s downfall.
“It’s almost impossible to do that if you are not elected. You do not have that platform and you are not in the Scottish Parliament.” Regan said resigning as a Minister brought greater focus on Sturgeon’s self ID plan and was followed by outrage over rapist Isla Bryson ending up in a women’s prison. She said: “I effectively removed Murrell from SNP HQ during that contest because of my interest in transparency and my interest in making sure we knew what the level of membership was in the party.”She said the Green/SNP deal was axed after her decision to table a motion of no confidence in Green co-leader Patrick Harvie when was a Minister. She took this action when Harvie gave a “car crash TV interview” by refusing to back the Cass review into gender identity services.
When she joined Alba, she said MacAskill and Neil Hanvey were the party’s two MPs: “And yet, they were finding it very difficult to cut through, I would say, on most topics.” On whether MacAskill could be seen as a voice from the past, she replied: “I think it’s possible.” She also draws attention to Alba’s election broadcast: “Kenny wasn’t in it.”
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