BFTD Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 The "hahaha, it was just performative and we totally didn't mean anything by it, guys" line from their general secretary makes me wonder if if they'd been looking to abstain, but Ash Regan insisted she was sticking the knife in. Fucking bravo, pet. Hope it was worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, Ned Nederlander said: Scrub that: "Purely performative and in many ways irrelevant". Or Alba as most folk would say. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Regan is probably thick enough to think going against the SNP in a confidence vote leading to an imminent election would bring on an Alba landslide, as they sweep up pro-independence constituency votes from the SNP and don't need to rely on list votes. Whether she's gone rogue or Salmond has lost his mind/become delusional in his arrogance is another matter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 7 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said: Regan is probably thick enough to think going against the SNP in a confidence vote leading to an imminent election would bring on an Alba landslide, as they sweep up pro-independence constituency votes from the SNP and don't need to rely on list votes. Whether she's gone rogue or Salmond has lost his mind/become delusional in his arrogance is another matter. Alba will struggle to get a foothold in Scottish politics as long as glib Soapy is running the party. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Given that the SNP may fail to win Western Isles (as well as Orkney & Shetland) at the next Holyrood election, I may revert to both votes SNP (I gave my list vote to the Greens in 2021) I can't currently see any circumstances where I would give my list vote to Alba. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 It's likely that 2nd preference votes to SNP will be sorely needed next time, demolishing Alba's main pitch for relevance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Mad Ash blotting the Abla copybook by voting with the Yoons. This won't go down well come election time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 5 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said: Scrub that: Beat me to it. Alba are toast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 On 30/04/2024 at 12:10, Ned Nederlander said: Each and every Labour vote in Scotland will be championed as a nod to the Union and absolutely nothing about them gives me confidence that they'd be competent in Government. Yip: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 What is Alba's route to Indy btw? Tucked in amongst hunners and hunners of tweets on gender are a few making out we'd be independent in a heartbeat if we handed the keys over to the likes of Clerkin, Wings & Denise Findlay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 3 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said: What is Alba's route to Indy btw? Tucked in amongst hunners and hunners of tweets on gender are a few making out we'd be independent in a heartbeat if we handed the keys over to the likes of Clerkin, Wings & Denise Findlay Is she the one that charges people to whisper to angels? Wee Ginger Dug spot on. https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/the-big-loser-of-todays-no-confidence-vote/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_Bino Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Just when Alba start to make you believe they are building some kind of momentum, they choose to do this.......talk about a monumental f- up. Can't see how they'll ever build anything now, they'll certainly not be getting my 2nd vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Regardless of any ‘momentum’ or whatever, it’s important to remember that Alba are a bunch of crackpots led by a sex pest, and under no circumstances should anyone with pretences of being a reasonable human being vote for them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 (edited) Completely agree with BB Bino. Whatever thought processes were behind this - if any - they worked themselves into a ludicrous position. This "performative" bollocks won't wash - it's an absolutely fucking ridiculous optic to see an indy party actively vote with Better Together. I can't see how anyone at the next Holyrood election is going to vote SNP 1 and Alba 2 after this. They'll either go SNP 1 & 2 or SNP/Green. For a party that has remained pretty marginalised, this was an absolutely mental thing to do. Maybe they feel their principles are still somehow intact. Truth is I suppose that those aligning with Alba are those who feel that Alex Salmond got a very raw deal both from the media and Nicola Sturgeon - particularly the latter. I understand that. None of it gets anyone closer to concerted effort on indy and that's the sad part of it all for people who want that concerted effort to happen. Edited May 2 by HTG 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Footage of Ash Regan and her 'performative action' yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Anyway, if Alba really wanted to get the “Indy da” constituency onside, they should’ve claimed that they voted with three unionist parties against two other unionist parties since they’re the only ones really committed to independence or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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