Statement by Alba Party depute leader Kenny MacAskill on the death of Alex Salmond
“ He was the outstanding Scottish politician not just of his generation but for generations far before. Recognised at home and respected abroad. He was not just a master political tactician but strategist. Yet also a politician who was a superb debater and orator. But one who equally possessed extraordinary charm and a common touch which endeared him to so many in Scotland.
His record speaks for itself in moulding the modern SNP, forming the first independence administration and delivering both an unprecedented Holyrood majority and a Referendum on independence. His legacy lives on and has benefitted Scotland immensely with infrastructure and other social and economic gains testifying to that.
The actions of individuals and later administrations undoubtedly took their toll upon him. Courts will still rightly decide upon the actions of individuals whose behaviour towards him was deplorable and shameful.
But he had yet again risen to the challenges he had faced. Forging a media career and establishing the Alba Party, laying the groundwork for ensuring independence remained on the agenda and that a route to achieve it could once again be found.
The Party grieves the loss of their founder and Leader. Our thoughts are with Moira and his family.
But the dream he cherished so closely and came so close to delivering will never die. “
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that Colombia has boycotted all diplomatic relations with Israel.
He suggests all other countries to do same for sake of Palestine.
Zionism has neutralised the horror of the term "anti-semite".
Zionism has destroyed the last vestiges of international law.
Zionism has slaughtered its way to infamy through genocide.
That is the grave Zionism has dug for itself and the grave humanity will bury it in.
This is so important for the integrity of @BBCNews. The current situation is untenable for any media but particularly a national broadcaster that taxpayers fund, & especially at a time when our government is complicit in a genocide which Robbie Gibbs refuses to acknowledge is anything of the sort
Like the warrier women they are, @ForWomenScot are going to UK Supreme Court on Nov 26 to determine once & for all definition of sex in the Equality Act. The "Good" Law Project have applied to intervene against FWS to claim that...sex can be changed? 1/
https://t.co/AIDy2ZKtNe
Main story on @STVNews tonight folks is the Commonwealth Games application from #Glasgow
Guess who was given a platform like he was First Minister and has reappeared from his hideout?
You guessed, Anas Sarwar.
Anytime over the coming week you hear Scottish politicians, especially colonial supporters, praise the 86% turnout at the indyref, ask them why more Scots have *stopped* voting over the past decade than voted for either of our two largest parties in July... Clue is in the result.
@EuropeanPowell Labour will likely establish them as neutral regulated zones to facilitate streamlined trade with the EU.
As we know it's the Tories and Reform pressing to exit ECHR and the real reason isn't for third country processing of asylum seekers that's just smoke and mirrors.
@EuropeanPowell This is incredibly important info, especially for Scotland where labour are chomping at the bit to build nuclear power stations. They can't do anything with SNP in Holyrood, but if Sarwar gets in....that's the flood gates open for all policies in England being replicated here!
Michael Gove included a section in his Levelling Up Bill on Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs)
'CPOs apply to business, agricultural, and residential properties'👇🏻👀
https://t.co/nY56zrJd1V
What did I tell you about mass compulsory purchase orders in relation to Sunak and Starmer’s 74 Special Economic Zones and 12 Freeports?
These are post-Brexit experiments in corporate governance, the carve-up of the UK into deregulated zones under secondary legislation means zero Parliamentary or public scrutiny, no mandate for SEZs, most people have no idea what SEZs are, or that taxpayers money to the tune of billions is being given to corporations to demolish not just the countryside, but social governance, the fabric of democracy inside the 86 free zones. Once again zero mention of SEZs in @Guardian🙄
https://t.co/lwHLIb57gf
Everything Israel has done since October 7 are things it was doing before October 7. Raping. Torturing. Stealing. Siege warfare. Killing kids with snipers. Murdering journalists and healthcare workers. Israel's actions before and since October 7 show you why October 7 happened.