ALEX Salmond’s Alba Party have launched their General Election manifesto pledging to be the only party “putting independence on the ballot…
The first two pages of the manifesto are dedicated to “taking action on independence”, with the party insisting that every single national election should be used to seek a mandate to initiate independence negotiations and “not yet another mandate for a referendum”.
The party believes that if Westminster keeps on refusing to engage with independence talks, then it would be for the Scottish Parliament to “mobilise domestic and international pressure to bend Westminster to the will of the Scottish people”. With regards to oil and gas, the manifesto states the party believes in the continuation of North Seat Oil on the condition that all new licences contain a specific commitment of a zero net carbon footprint achieved by investment in the carbon capture network.
It says: “Councils and housing associations will be encouraged to build houses for sale but with the explicit purpose of increasing socially-rented stock.
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