Its a bad idea to create a hate boarder and make it harder for free movement for Scott's on the island.

Spoken like a true irish lady

This doesn’t help until alba decide to run properly for Scottish government. In the meantime, we have labours Scotland branch running the country for the benefit of England.

Alba needs to look at itself as salmond voted SNP.

Sir Feir Starter said his father made a tool - well he should know.

The SNP are petty and purile.

You need to explain to your members and candidates why you there leader voted SNP??

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SNP is dead best of luck from a English man

Alex Salmond and his partner Taz are unelectable

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ALBA TAKE NOTE - I've been casting around social media for people's views (SNP and non-SNP voters both) of why the SNP lost - initially I thought of a 'top ten', but it got bigger quickly, so here's what came up, they are roughly in order of importance to the electorate as far as I could see. Any duplication, errors etc - my fault. Arrogance and incompetence of the SNP government Failure to listen to the Electorate and not focussing on issues that matter to them Named Persons Bill, Gender Recognition, Trans Rights, Hate Crime, DRS not wanted Forever blaming someone else - Westminster, Conservatives, Labour and even Thatcher Obsession with power not Independence Always lying about the support for Independence - give us a plebiscite White, White, White Always bleating on about independence without addressing real needs Lack of honesty and transparency - lying, cheating and stealing - Matheson's iPad Divisiveness of Sturgeon inciting hatred Didn't talk about anything other than Indy in their speeches & literature. Uninspired leadership of last 2 FMs Failure to actually make any move towards Independence in 17 years Last 3 or 4 years considered the worst government Scotland has had. Incompetent, hubristic, arrogant and corrupt. Criminal incompetence of the SNP and the stink of corruption Where's the money, especially the £ 600,000 Sturgeon Attacks on Salmond SNP run as a Cabal Probably the most vociferous feedback was : The SNP needs to take it's head out of its ar$e & start working towards its declared goal whilst running Scotland in ways that will improve education, health, local services and internal / external investment and increase TRUST in their ability to run a country. Why would we ask for independence from the UK, only to hand it over to Brussels ? Thatcher, Westminster, Conservatives & Labour are NOT the problem - SNP arrogance and incompetence is.

So, Alex, perhaps this will give you an idea of direction you should take. Since the 4 July I've been casting around social media for people's views (SNP and non-SNP voters both) of why the SNP lost - initially I thought of a 'top ten', but it got bigger quickly, so here's what came up, they are roughly in order of importance to the electorate as far as I could see. Any duplication, errors etc - my fault. A bit of personal input - WHY not create a compelling, truthful and realistic vision of Independence, what it will take to get there and all the FINANCIAL impacts and have a plebiscite on the detail THEN if the electorate approve, so much easier to go for a referendum when you have the TRUE majority behind you - or are you /the SNP frightened of the truth ? Time to show real leadership ! Arrogance and incompetence of the SNP government Failure to listen to the Electorate and not focussing on issues that matter to them Named Persons Bill, Gender Recognition, Trans Rights, Hate Crime, DRS not wanted Forever blaming someone else - Westminster, Conservatives, Labour and even Thatcher Obsession with power not Independence Always lying about the support for Independence - give us a plebiscite White, White, White Always bleating on about independence without addressing real needs Lack of honesty and transparency - lying, cheating and stealing - Matheson's iPad Divisiveness of Sturgeon inciting hatred Didn't talk about anything other than Indy in their speeches & literature. Uninspired leadership of last 2 FMs Failure to actually make any move towards Independence in 17 years Last 3 or 4 years considered the worst government Scotland has had. Incompetent, hubristic, arrogant and corrupt. Criminal incompetence of the SNP and the stink of corruption Where's the money, especially the £ 600,000 Sturgeon Attacks on Salmond SNP run as a Cabal Probably the most vociferous feedback was : The SNP needs to take it's head out of its ar$e & start working towards its declared goal whilst running Scotland in ways that will improve education, health, local services and internal / external investment and increase TRUST in their ability to run a country. Why would we ask for independence from the UK, only to hand it over to Brussels ? Thatcher, Westminster, Conservatives & Labour are NOT the problem - SNP arrogance and incompetence is.

So 12,000 votes in the whole of Scotland..! Time to give it up. You're just wasting votes.

In the 2021 Scottish parliament elections Alba got 1.7% of the vote and no MSPs. In the Scottish 2022 local election Alba got 0.7% of the vote and no councillors. In the 2024 general election Alba got 0.5% of the vote and no Alba Westminster MPs.

Alba used to vcr in 80 s

Loved it when you were 1st minister. Always voted snp. This will be my 1st time voting Alba. Don't reckon I will vote snp ever will again. Actually quite sad about it. Please, Alba Party, be more Out THERE in your word. It's pretty quiet in the Outer Hebrides.

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Rent and mortgages are actually constitutionally void from existing ! Since 1995 ! Nobody has ever offered any refutation of the reasons why, which can be found under heading [ security of tenure] at [court change]

Glad UK general election finished Thomas yes. Better off with Italy. Scotland forever. Scottish parliament forever. That achievement politically. Pietro Boselli Italian support Scotland.

Awesome. Brilliant stuff politically for Scotland. Support Keith woods Age 28 Eire Ireland Dublin it in EU Ireland as member state. Support STV voting system for UK general election in England London Britain. Labour party landslide victory over conservative government. Art Bezrukavenko deliver it. Unionist Labour party British government. It National government in England London Britain Thomas Mel stride conservative MP told you truth on BBC news.

VOTE REFORM not this shower of sh8te

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alex get back on the diet sounds like he's struggling to breathe

SNP are too socialist. Open borders in Scotland is a threat to national security.

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SNP finished in UK general election it a L July 4th UK general election. it L. Scottish independence 45% vote. That been honest politically as Italian Thomas. Hadrian wall independent Scotland. Labour party our only hope some hope.SNP drop 30 seats. Never figured out Scottish Revolution. Politically as Italian citizen.

ALBA has "here today gone tomorrow" written all over it.

Partys cant get out of the colional administration only a anti colional libration movement can do this going ouside the colional rule to seek internatinal support to the ICJ not the superme court the colinzer wont give you permission to leave

Decolinazation is the way out going to the Un to start the process then all indy partys can get behind each other and not bending the knee to the foreign monarch and swear to the scottish crown not westminister ,decolinazation will end the treaty of the forced union since 1707 , we claim the right

I don't have an Alba candidate in Midlothian 😢

I heard this on a Random Van saying Vote for Alba !

We can but hope it’s splitting the vote.

The SNP are about to get the shake up they need to get real about Scotland's needs and Independence. They've failed us all. Wasted billions and wasted an opportunity to convince the doubters by improving the lot for us all. It's not difficult to build the required Council Housing, to restructure and improve the NHS by hiring the necessary staff and getting rid of the excess, to improve schooling and the conditions for teachers, to mend our roads, etc, etc, etc. The SNP have done nothing but put on a display of token gestures. They talk of eliminating child poverty, well the only way to do that is by ending parent poverty... which obviously means real jobs paying real wages. We now need a Party which will be run by ordinary people, not a select few, we need an actual Democratic Party.

SALMOND AND HIS SORE ELBOW HAVE NO CHANCE

ALBA OFFERS NO CREDIBLE ROUTE TO INDY.

TWENTY + reasons why Scots should vote for the SNP. 1) Best NHS by country mile with more GP's, Dr's, Nurses, Dentists (95% Scots registerd with NHS Dentist), Police officers per head than rUK. 2) Social housing 6 times higher than rUK and 50% higher than Labour. 3) Child Payments that are protecting 100k Scots kids from poverty not available in rUK. 4) On average lowest Council tax than rUK. 5) GDP 30% higher in Scot than rUKI 6) Deadly Measles infections seven times more likely in rUK thanks to higher immunisation in Scotland. 7) Best, most extensive, highest subsidised and cheapest Ferry service in the World operating consistantly at 98% efficiency. 8) Homeownership amongst the young far higher than rUK. 9) Fastest decarbonising than rUK. 10) Slabour PFI still costing councils £30bn. 11) Welsh Labour gov increasing student loans by £9250 whilst FREE for the vast majority of Scottish students. 12) Children <5 yo living near Nuclear plants (which Tories and Labour want) more likely to contract Leukemia. 13) Labour to spend less on NHS than the Tories with reduction in Consequentials for Scotland. 14) Road deaths in Scotland at lowest and continuing to fall. 15) Owner businesses three times higher in Scotland than rUK. 16) Child poverty far lower with child payment whilst it surges under both Tories and Labour. 17) Slabour failed to protect Scots from Blood contamination scandal. 18) More progressive taxation meaning higher investment in SNHS and cheapest for the vast maj of people. 19) Cancer and other health treatments much faster in Scotland. 20) Homelessness far lower in Scotland whilst it surges in rUK. 21) PLus one more Crime in Scotland 53% lower than the Thatcher years ALL ACHIEVED BY THE SNP DESPITE COVID, BREXIT AND THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED ON US BY WESTMINSTER

I am getting goosebumps just listening to Alex, thank you Alex and ALBA for continuing to fight for Independence. Independence is the ONLY way Scotland can be the country it is meant to be, good luck xx

Ash voting with unionists was despicable

Yes they are Scottish freedom now

You cannot propose to save Grangemouth as a refinery, and want to stop the sale of petrol/ diesel cars, so people buy electric vehicles. The decision to close the plant as a refinery and re-open as a distribution hub, is a decision taken by the company to meet the demands of governments wanting to ‘go green. As more people buy electric cars, petrol will not be needed in the same quantities. Losing jobs as a result of ‘going green’is something governments don’t talk about when promoting green issues and other ideas just to keep the voters happy. The steelworks in Wales is another example. For years people complained about the amount of energy the blast furnaces used. Now that the company is wanting to close them, and replace them with more efficient electric arc furnaces with the loss of hundreds of jobs, people are complaining about their actions. Cannot have it both ways, and there are more job losses to come as more and more companies, factories, shops etc are forced to cut emmissions by a certain date. Those coming away with ‘green ideas’ in their manifestos, don’t talk about the job losses that will happen as a result.

The 600,000 homes. Build the houses. build up our self esteem. Save the oil refinery! Come on! Let's stand up for ourselves people!

I'm a founder member and I will be voting for you. Build up Scotland. Build the houses. Save Grangemouth. The pith of sense and pride of worth are higher ranked than all that. God bless you Alex Salmond. The hero. The leader. The dream shall never die.

1% divided by two does not really matter 😂

Will Alba learn from the disaster that has been the SNP ? The SNP have had an obsession with *POWER not INDEPENDENCE* . Only the delusional brain dead 🐑🐑🐑 and Cult 🤡🤡🤡 cannot see that Independence the SNP way is toast for the simple fact it CANNOT be afforded. In the past 17 years there has been a total lack of preparation and no coherent 'pathway to Independence' articulated to the electorate, only a number of very expensive, high-level, glossy brochures full of erroneous word soup, selective values, unsubstantiated numbers - all of which are totally lacking credibility when independently researched. There needs to be a compelling, truthful and realistic vision of Independence of what Scotland can be, how to get there and it *MUST* be agreed by the electorate not *DICTATED* to them. Independence now would make Scotland a 4th world country with rampant inflation, a crash in housing and land prices, total skills drain, loss of all inwards investment, leaving it open to 'carpetbagger' chancers from other countries to 'cherry pick' any remaining prime assets now that wind power, oil, whisky and many large estates are now owned by *foreign* entities * that would NOT BE A GOOD INDEPENDENCE* .

Great presentation from Alex. From where I am sitting the S.N.P. looks like it is on its knees and is almost as clueless about what to do moving forward as, dare I say it the RED and BLUE Tories. Under Alex's stwerardship the S.N.P. grew from strength to strength and were getting things done but since he resigned the S.N.P. has, in my view as a former S.N.P. member, gone backwards and independence has almost certainly been put on the slow burner and is no longer seen as a "must have" policy but more of a "would be nice to have at some indeterminate time in the future" policy. In fact it looks to me like the S.N.P. are so far away from getting fully onboard with Scottish independence these days that they only seem to talk about it at any length during elections, it's almost like they are using the call for Scottish independence as a way to garner votes because they know there is not much else they have in their locker that can attract independence voters. The S.N.P. needs a damned good kick up the backside to get things back on track and ALBA is the instrument to do this. ALBA clearly have the ideas, they clearly have the know how, they are clear about what has gone wrong and is going wrong both within Scotland and at Westminster. For the sake of everyone who is independence minded we need ALBA representatives both at Holyrood and at Westminster, the more the merrier in my view. Good luck to Al;ex and all the ALBA candidates standing in Thursday's election.

I never considered voting for the SNP after all the nonsense over the last few years but I was encourage when I heard some Alba members speeches but seeing the policies , particularly on the EU has put me off after living on Ireland and seeing the country destroyed by treacherous politicians that are being ruled by the EU and because of that, Irish people have became second class citizens; I fear this would happen in Scotland. Seeing so much interest in those policies for countries that have got nothing to do with Scotland makes me think, even though I don't see it mentioned in there, that the party would go along with things like WHO treaties and be controlled by them as well as the EU if we joined. I want a country that's free from outside interference