We are approaching the fourth anniversary of the Alba Party launch. On March 26th, '21 Alex Salmond stunned the Scottish political world...

On Saturday night Craig Murray posted on X that Alex Salmond had asked him to stand down from the NEC after Craig’s election in December...

“You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.”...

I interviewed Alex Salmond twice, the first interview has long since been deleted. I was a member of a group of bloggers who had...

( Editorial note from Denise Findlay: I am publishing this guest post by ALBA member Gordon Millar.   Any objections Alba may have to...

On the weekend of the hapless SNP conference is there anything a group of determined and clever SNP activists can do to save the SNP from...

Gordon Millar is back with a guest blog analysing the recently published 2023 Alba Party accounts. After spells as a senior manager with...

The independence movement finds itself bound in the shallows, we got here fast from the days of ‘secret plans’ and ‘eyes on the prize’,...

The independence movement fared badly in the General Election 2024 and while much will be written about the failings of the SNP. It is...

We know turnout in elections is a problem too many people are disenfranchised and disillusioned with politics. Who speaks for the...

Cast your mind back to a decade ago. A date had been set where we would have the opportunity to change our future. Our lives. Campaigners...

CASS Review implications for the Sandyford Clinic TOPIC: CASS Review implications for the Sandyford Clinic Proposer Denise Findlay...

The text below is a piece I wrote 2 years ago when I stood as a candidate in the Council Elections.  Its as relevant today if not more...

“We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in...

Not My Parliament Where now after the self-determination bill falls? Neale Hanvey’s last ditch attempt to obtain some democracy from...

".....She loves her daughter, no condition Thank-you Mum for bucking the trend teaching me women can do it better than men" - Cara...

For the final part of this three part blog covering my year as Organisation Convener. I write about the conferences and the national...

"Oh, the wars they will be fought again" During my past year as Organisation Convener, there have been five local authority by-elections...

"The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part Only the little white rose of Scotland That smells sharp and sweet—and...

"There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their lives is bound...