When
@scottishgreens
say that
@jk_rowling
‘isn’t helping’ what they mean is, she’s not helping them with their policy. Having differing opinions is called democracy…or at least it used to be??
Leaving
@theSNP
wasn’t easy at the time. When asked why I did, I say it’s not the party I joined in 2007. Today they illustrated that answer. As if ‘Ease the Squeeze’ wasn’t insulting enough to those in poverty!WHAT.HAVE.THEY.BECOME??
#AlbaForIndependence
Last Friday I joined
@AlbaParty
Proud to be Dundee’s first
#Alba
councillor. Thanks to those who know who they are for the support.
@AlbaPartyDundee
@AlexSalmond
#https
://www.thenational.scot/news/19902081.former-snp-councillor-becomes-albas-first-representative-dundee/
📣 Happy to announce I’ve been endorsed to stand as
@AlbaParty
candidate for the Lochee Ward in Dundee for the upcoming Council election. A ward I’ve had the honour of representing since 2007 and which I’ll continue to work hard for.
@AlbaPartyDundee
#AlbaRising
🏴
@OwenJones84
Not really, but I do see people like you conflating two completely separate issues in an attempt to guilt trip those who disagree with you into silence. That is really low
@OwenJones84
#shameful
I have no words - independence CANNOT be off the table just because
@theSNP
have lost - they didn’t campaign for it. They’ve lost because of Nicola’s pursuit of divisive, unpopular policy instead of independence.
@AlbaParty
will take it from here, Nicola.
#ALBAforindependence
Everything about the snp just now has a feeling of doom - for a long time people have wondered what Angus actually does as a cabinet secretary - and when he finally does something it’s a secret - he did not meet an Israeli ambassador with Scotlands blessing - he must go!
EXCLUSIVE: Angus Robertson is facing pressure from within the SNP amid fury over his meeting with Israel's deputy ambassador, according to a leaked letter obtained by Holyrood.
First leaflet of my re-election campaign is good to go 🟢 Vote
@AlbaPartyDundee
1 for independence, protection of rights for woman and girls, for our 5 point poverty plan.
@AlbaParty
#2022elections
#Lochee
Alba stands for Scotland 🏴
Democracy NOT in action -
@dundeeuni
hustings now underway with only four hand picked specially chosen candidates on the panel - I’ve spoken to a number of people who think the university has acted unfairly with their exclusion of
@AlbaParty
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforIndependence
🚨- The SNP have squandered every opportunity of achieving independence since
@AlexSalmond
stood down as FM.
🏴 - Independence is still polling at 50%, even though the SNP vote has collapsed.
🗳️ - On July 4th only
@AlbaParty
can stop Labour. Make sure you vote, but not for a
When you ask an
@theSNP
mp a question about independence you immediately get branded a bigot and transphobic…? I didn’t mention
#gender
debate!
@MrJohnNicolson
can you explain why you feel it’s ok to call me names on social media for asking an elected mp a genuine question?
Tomorrow's front page leads on at least six senior civil servants and advisors being accused of plotting to jail Alex Salmond.
#scotpapers
#tomorrowspaperstoday
@Grouse_Beater
Swinney would obviously win, even if he didn’t he would but, not only would this delay his move into Bute House, it would mean there should be hustings. During which certain questions would require answering such as - what’s your Indy strategy? Or What is a woman?….
I wonder how many people I can have say the catchphrase before July 4th..
Many thanks to
@AshReganALBA
for spending time in YES city today, chatting to voters and putting forward our positive case for independence.
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS!
#VoteAlba
#Albaforindependence
🏴
Looking forward to
@AlbaParty
spring conference. My first as an Alba Councillor. Great opportunity to meet more of my new colleagues.
Members can register at
@AlbaPartyDundee
#voteAlbainMay
✅
Swinney has thrown the towel in on Indy - he wants to work with Labour within the union but not with
@AlbaParty
to get us out of it!
The only way for Scotland to have the migration policy it needs is with Independence and nothing less!
We see you, John.. we see you.
#VoteALBA
Spoke at my first
@AlbaParty
conference today. I proposed the Minimum Income Guarantee. Thanks to the other speakers on this item. Backed by acclaim, this is now party policy, real policies to lift folk from poverty for good…
#ALBA2022
#AlbaStandsForScotland
@AlbaPartyDundee
I had a tradesman visit my home this morning - conversation soon turned to the election. He stopped voting Labour over Iraq and went to SNP - let down badly on independence he and his wife have already posted their votes for
@GhaziAlba
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
@AlbaParty
Another busy day on the campaign trail in Dundee Central with
@GhaziAlba
- we had leaflet deliveries throughout the constituency, with a warm reception from those we spoke to. Lots of conversation on
#independence
and the
@AlbaParty
strategy to get us there. A vote for Alba is a
@JNHanvey
Beautifully written, Neale. I can’t believe this legislation is happening in our country. It is deeply worrying and I’m angry that the snp have labelled Scotland as a hateful country. Working in a male regab facility I’m also angered by the tarnishing of men aged 18-30.
Another wee appearance on
@AlexSalmondShow
at the weekend.
@AlbaParty
are the only party with independence on the ballot paper.
The SNP’s baw has been burst by Starmer because their ‘plan’ is to go cap in hand to London - every vote for Alba is a vote for independence.
🗳️ - PUT
All well and good, Stewart but it’s not really that simple - women make up around 51% of our population therefore, the issues around safe spaces, sport and prison estate etc impacts a massive number. Hard fought women’s rights must be protected along with the safety of girls.
"I can't understand why we don't just get on and allow a very small number of people undergoing gender reassignment to live their lives in a happy, comfortable way."
SNP Campaign Manager Stewart Hosie is asked about the differing views in his own party on gender.
#BBCR4Today
STV have refused to show our broadcast at the correct time - in case too many people see it!!
Let’s share it as widely as possible 🏴
@AlbaParty
#VoteALBA
🗳️
#ALBAforindependence
📺This is the ALBA Broadcast that
@STVNews
don’t want you to see tonight, and that Twitter (
@X
) have tried to delete.
🗳️Make your cross count for Independence.
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforIndependence
The sun has set on campaigning before polling day - what an amazing
@AlbaParty
campaign this has been.
For real action on independence in our YES city -
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
🗳️
#VoteAlba
#ALBAforIndependence
Whilst the hand chosen candidates of only four parties enjoyed their free post hustings wine and nibbles, I was talking to many voters outside who were mostly uninspired by what they’d heard and bemused by the exclusion of
@AlbaParty
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforIndependence
Out in both Charleston and Menzieshill earlier tonight engaging with voters and putting forward
@AlbaParty
positive message of hope - we will oppose both Labour and SNP on scrapping winter fuel payments to pensioners and put forward our 5 point poverty plan -
#VoteRoss1
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Out in the Dryburgh area again just now and spotted this welcome sight on one of the city’s busiest roads - great to see yet more support for the
@AlbaParty
campaign in Dundee Central
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
The general election has been called for July 4th. Today I’m in Greenock with my day job, attending a meeting with other residential rehab managers - I’m putting Dundee’s case forward, loud and clear. Tackling the city’s drug and alcohol crisis. Elect me as MP for Dundee Central
SNP ditch independence from Ballot
Salmond: The SNP hoist the White Flag on independence
THE SNP have chosen to drop use of the word Independence at the General Election.
The decision has been confirmed today after notice of polls have been published across Scotland.
At
Not long home from a long day of work and campaigning. Thanks as always to my agent and tireless activist, Michelle. The hoodie was appropriate for the weather - every vote for
@AlbaParty
is a vote for independence
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
Huge thanks to Euan, owner of The Embroidery Place. Another local small business to back my campaign.
@AlbaParty
are on the side of small and local businesses.
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS 🗳️
Every vote for Alba is a vote for independence 🏴
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
Another day and another local Dundee business offering support to my campaign. Thanks to Charlie Khan’s for their support and my delicious dinner last night -
@AlbaParty
on the side of local and small business.
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS 🗳️
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
1/ I’m a manger in Dundee’s only residential rehab. Our organisation generally welcomes any measures aimed at helping those with alcohol related problems. However, my own opinion is, that minimum pricing was never going to tackle alcohol addiction.
It doesn’t matter which you cut it - unless
@WeAreSTV
reverse this decision they can no longer claim to be an impartial broadcaster.
It really does appear that the establishment are scared of the rise of
@AlbaParty
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforIndependence
On this day 2022 the Ross family leaflet distribution hub was formed.
@AlbaPartyDundee
Lochee team, delivering as fast as the ‘factory’ churned them out. GRA and Indy, big issues at the doors 2day vote
@AlbaParty
1 for indy and to protect rights of women and girls
#ALBA2022
My election address is now with Royal Mail & should arrive soon.
I’ve spent most of my adult life and career campaigning for independence. I am the most experienced pro-Indy candidate in Dundee Central.
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS 🗳️
Every vote for
@AlbaParty
is a vote for
Our
@AlbaParty
boards are out at polling stations across the Dundee Central constituency - as the local media predict this morning that the SNP will lose BOTH Dundee seats!
Don’t hand our YES city back to the contemptuous Labour Party - Make your vote count for
#independence
PUT
The tenements of Baxter Park Terrace never get any easier..
@AlbaParty
are working hard for every vote for independence 🏴
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
Our team has been campaigning in the Logie area today. Completed in 1920, Logie was Scotland’s first ever Council housing estate. Where better to talk about the
@AlbaParty
plan for a national house building company to address the housing emergency.
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
As a former Councillor of 15 years in the Lochee Ward, I am the best placed candidate in this by election to represent you.
#VoteALBA
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@AlbaParty
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#VoteRoss1
🗣️
@AshReganALBA
: "We're mobilising the Independence vote, these are people that might stay at home and we are giving them something to vote for"
🏴 A vote for ALBA is a vote for Independence
🗳️ Make your cross count at this election,
#VoteALBA
Just taking a moment to thank everyone from
@AlbaParty
for all the hard work, dedication and support during this campaign.
And of course, to those in Dundee who chose to put their cross next to Ross.
We move on now to focus on the Holyrood elections in 2026.
We go again 🏴
It’s hard to smile when the rain is stotting aff yir coupon - but I am well chuffed that we’ve been getting the
@AlbaParty
message out again today in Lochee and Coldside - play will commence after this rain/coffee stop.
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO
Our campaigns in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry and Dundee Central have been in full swing since the election was called but, the show is now, literally, on the road! Look out for our trailer.
@GhaziAlba
@AlbaParty
#Albaforindependence
#VoteAlba
Out chatting to voters again today in Dundee Central - I’ve been in Baxter Park, Maryfield listening to concerns.
And of course, reigniting the case for
#independence
-
@AlbaParty
are the only party with Indy on the ballot in this election!
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
As manager of Dundee’s only residential rehab facility this
@AlbaParty
policy is close to my heart.
All staff (myself included) have lived experience - I will campaign tirelessly for more rehab services in Dundee and across Scotland - I know what’s required.
#Stopthedeaths
📈The tragedies of addiction are disproportionately high in the least affluent parts of Scotland.
🤝We believe that a combination of immediate, medium and long term plans must be set in motion so as to address inequality.
Read our Addiction Policy 👇
This is the Election Broadcast that
@WeAreSTV
don’t want you to see - they are scared that too many people see it. Watch it here and share it as widely as possible.
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
Brian Cox fearful SNP 'backing away' from independence - A big statement from a fellow Lochee man. I’ve met Brian a couple of times. He was as proud as the rest of us that Dundee was/is YES city. 🗳️
#VoteALBA
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS.
❌ Asking Westminster for permission to hold another referendum is not an independence strategy.
The people of Scotland deserve more.
👉 It's time to vote for the only party with a plan.
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforIndependence
🏴
Don’t be fooled by my facial expression - the rain has not dampened our spirits today in our YES city 🏴 - Working hard for every vote.
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforIndependence
🏴 Scotland’s most successful first minister to date, Alex Salmond outlines the key to that success - Stick by your manifesto commitments.
📝 The snp under John Swinney must ditch the greens for good and get back to competent governance including the commitment to saving lives
🗣️ "It's a matter of principle, it's a matter of integrity, it's a matter of honour and I'm sure that
@JohnSwinney
will seek to redeem it as quickly as possible"
@AlexSalmond
giving evidence to the committee investigating the delay to the completion of the A9
Another snub of
@AlbaParty
from the
@theSNP
and on a hugely important issue - the YES movement is vocal in its desire for all Indy parties to work together - the SNP just can’t shift their feelings of entitlement though.
Given the current profoundly concerning situation on the streets of England, I am pleased that
@JohnSwinney
called a meeting with Holyrood Party Leaders to discuss planning and preparations to keep Scotland safe. Still, I am perplexed at why I was excluded from the discussion 1/2
You don’t mind finishing at this time when the weather is like this - even more when there’s nothing worth a watch on TV 😉
Thanks to our
@AlbaParty
Dundee team, we’ve had engagement in Charleston, Menzieshill, Ancrum and the Glens. 🗳️
#voteAlba
#Albaforindependence
🏴
A great day of campaigning again today in Dundee Central, an afternoon/evening of leaflet drops after an excellent start to the day with a visit to YES city from
@AshReganALBA
- more to follow on that!
#VoteAlba
#Albaforindependence
🏴
After a quick lunch stop and a legendary bacon roll from Dundee bakery, Clarkes, it’s off to the Woodside area of the constituency to remind voters that tomorrow is polling day!
We’ve also had a team out this morning in Lochee and Menzieshill..
#VoteAlba
#ALBAforindependence
@AlexSalmond
to
@jackiebmsp
- There is no way in an independent Scotland would a government be inflicting fuel poverty on the elderly in our energy rich nation
#bbcdn
It’s been ‘pure roastin’ in sunny Dundee today - street work and leafleting and lots of conversations and a warm reception for the
@AlbaParty
The Mills observatory closure by Dundee City Council generating a lot of disbelief and anger..
#saveMillsObservatory
#VoteALBA
As I said yesterday, it doesn’t matter which way you cut it - if STV wish to be considered an impartial broadcaster then they must reverse their decision not to show
@AlbaParty
broadcast at the original time. This is a blatant attempt, by their own admission, to limit the number
📝Alba urge Ofcom to intervene as STV delays political broadcast
'ALBA are urging Ofcom to arrange a special meeting after STV moved their party-political broadcast so that it wouldn’t be shown before Scotland’s opening match in the Euros.'
📖Read:
A massive thank you to everyone who came to help out in Dundee today 👏
We had people travel from the Borders, Edinburgh and Fife to help get the positive
@AlbaParty
message out.
Thanks to
@ChristinaH3ndry
for the award winning photography.
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
🗳️
I will campaign alongside any serious politician advocating Scottish independence. That is the “big tent” approach I adopted in 2014 which took the Yes campaign so close to victory. It is even more correct today (1/2)
Political change can happen quickly at the ballot box!
Only
@AlbaParty
have independence on the ballot paper in this election.
Don’t settle for another 5 years of SNP inaction or let Labour deny our democratic rights. On July 4th
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
🗳️ PUT YOUR CROSS
@JNHanvey
We were being told by them yesterday that it wasn’t up to the Scottish Government because No10 won’t give an S30. They got defensive when asked if that’s why they’ve nothing at all about Indy.. strange that..🤔
@MhairiHunter
@theSNP
rejected prioritising INDEPENDENCE, protection of rights of women and children and,
competent governance - There is NO other way to spin that!
Some key issues my campaign will focus on in this
#generalelection
✅ INDEPENDENCE ✅ Fuel Poverty ✅ Poverty & Deprivation ✅ Housing ✅Dundee’s alcohol and drug death crisis.
On July 4th -
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS in Dundee Central.
@AlbaParty
#ALBAforIndependence
#ALBA24
Some day for it in
#sunnyDundee
I’d like some continuity with this weather but that’s all!
With Westminster, Scotland always loses and continuity won’t cut it!
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS 🏴
#voteAlba
#Albaforindependence
@AlbaParty
📑 - We launched our
@AlbaParty
manifesto this morning, right here in YES city, Dundee.
🗳️ - Every vote for Alba is a vote for independence.
✏️ - PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS
#ALBAforindependence
#VoteALBA
An interesting morning spent with
@AshReganALBA
at
@justbeeingyou
today. The team here do so much amazing work in the community with a welcoming atmosphere which allows everyone to ‘just be’ themselves, whilst tackling poverty and assisting those in recovery etc. Thank you to
I was very much on home turf today - every door in the Pentland area, where I grew up, received election communication from me today.
The
@AlbaParty
team in Dundee continue to put in the hard yards in getting our positive message of
#independence
out there 🏴
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT
@BBCScotland
will not allow
@JNHanvey
to participate in a debate in the seat in which he seeks re-election.
🗣️ "How do challenger parties get a fair go if the established broadcaster, in the case of the BBC the state broadcaster, conspire to keep them off air?"
#VoteALBA
My letter of last week to all grp leaders and indpndts. DCC don’t hold the flag, and my motion didn’t go forward. No cross party support. Only tories and Lib Dem’s in support, no reply from Labour.
@AlbaPartyDundee
@AlbaParty
#InternationalWomensDay
Some great conversations in the Lochee area of Dundee Central today.
Talking about local issues, the NHS, Cost of Living and
#Independence
🏴
A growing number of people saying their voting for
@AlbaParty
#VoteAlba
#ALBAforIndependence
PUT YOUR CROSS NEXT TO ROSS!
The
@AlbaParty
are the only party with a credible plan to achieve our independence. The SNP have ditched it from the ballot paper despite the agreed instruction from their own membership. Any help you can give, no matter how small, will go directly towards independence in our YES
This has been the most enjoyable campaign in my career as an Indy campaigner, rivalled only by the referendum in 2014 - leadership is to lead by example from the front,
@AlexSalmond
commitment to the cause of independence cannot be touched by any other political leader.
🧵Great to complete my round of campaigning with 19 fine
@AlbaParty
candidates across the country with
@Jim4Indy
in Rutherglen and
@Corri_Wilson
in sunny, but windy, Ayr! (1/6)
ALBA ISSUE RED CARD TO STV - This is outrageous from STV!.. excluded from televised debates, unfair coverage and now not screening the
@AlbaParty
broadcast until after people have started voting.. 🗳️
#VoteALBA
#ALBAforindependence
@WingsScotland
Reaching out but snubbed Alba at every opportunity. Also, the last person I heard saying that now is not the time was John Swinney… yesterday!!