Commenting on Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation former First Minister Alex Salmond said: “There has been no question of Nicola’s talents as a first rate political communicator and election winner and having been there I feel for her personally on the day of her resignation. There are two questions for the future. One is that the movement… Continue reading Alex Salmond Statement on Nicola Sturgeon’s Resignation
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Nicola Sturgeon has resigned.
Unsurprisingly she has not done so in the most effective way she could have – to provoke a Scottish Election as a plebiscite on Independence. Her reasons, she claims, are personal. No acknowledgement of her failures. She’s going for other reasons. The list is endless and shaming. Not a mention in her speech of the… Continue reading Nicola Sturgeon has resigned.
Alex Salmond with Charlie Abel
In a relaxed speech Alex Salmond reveals the depth of his thinking on Scottish Independence Alex Salmond only appears relaxed. As he says in his speech, you have to work for Scottish Independence every single day. And because he’s done that, he has the facts, the arguments, the case, all at his fingertips. Alex Salmond… Continue reading Alex Salmond with Charlie Abel
Charlie speaks from the heart – Wee Alba Book
SNP voter shocked to see a candidate at his door. Guess who? Charlie of course! Local issues: What folks are telling Charlie on the doorstep. The full event.
Wee Alba Book goes Bigtime!
Tonight’s Wee Alba Book event was a big success! A keen audience of voters for the Dyce, Bucksburn and Thanestone by-election were inspired by speeches from Alex Salmond and Charlie Abel, covering issues from the local to the national, including the future for Aberdeen and the oil industry. More details to follow.
Alex Salmond on the GRR Bill
Hear Alex Salmond’s speech deploring that 30 years of building towards a majority for Scottish Independence has been tossed aside for some imported ideology. Imagine telling a majority of your population that their right to single-sex spaces, striven for and sacrificed for over decades and centuries, is to be lost for some imperfectly understood self-indulgent… Continue reading Alex Salmond on the GRR Bill
Meet Charlie at our Wee Alba Book meeting
The first wee ALBA book event of the year takes place in Dyce with Alex Salmond and Charlie Abel. The Greentrees Hotel , 183 Victoria St , Dyce, Aberdeen AB21 7AA. Doors open at 7 for a 7:30 pm start. The new case for Independence with a Q&A at the end. These tremendously successful meetings are… Continue reading Meet Charlie at our Wee Alba Book meeting
Charlie Abel supports Neale Hanvey’s Bill
Alba’s Neale Hanvey introduced a Bill to Westminster to transfer the right to call a referendum to Scotland. Neale’s speech He used the arcane 10-minute rule mechanism, so the pomp and ceremony involved is just the kind of thing a newly Independent Scotland would do away with. What gives us hope is that the supporting… Continue reading Charlie Abel supports Neale Hanvey’s Bill
All these let-downs over so many years
How the NE is being shortchanged
At BP in Dyce. Charlie and Alex discussing Scotland’s energy. Already an issue we are hearing about on the doors – how Westminster and now Holyrood are getting it wrong and short changing the North East. Just think of the huge opportunities, and missed opportunities, the BP Headquarters represents. The company represents excellence in technical… Continue reading How the NE is being shortchanged