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Former first minister Alex Salmond has insisted his new Alba Party is “here to stay”, despite his failure to be re-elected to Holyrood.
The one-time SNP leader had stood for Alba on the regional list in the North East of Scotland, but his attempted Holyrood comeback was ultimately unsuccessful.
However, he insisted that the new party – which supports independence and had hoped to help win a “supermajority” for this in the Scottish Parliament – had now “established itself as a political force with which to be reckoned”.
Alba was launched just a few weeks ago, at the start of the Scottish election campaign.
Former first minister Alex Salmond has insisted his new Alba Party is “here to stay”, despite his failure to be re-elected to Holyrood.
The one-time SNP leader had stood for Alba on the regional list in the North East of Scotland, but his attempted Holyrood comeback was ultimately unsuccessful.
However, he insisted that the new party – which supports independence and had hoped to help win a “supermajority” for this in the Scottish Parliament – had now “established itself as a political force with which to be reckoned”.
Alba was launched just a few weeks ago, at the start of the Scottish election campaign.
Alex Salmond says Alba Party is here to stay despite failing to win any MSPs at Holyrood election
The former first minister called on the SNP to use its renewed mandate to call a second referendum on Scottish independence.
20:11, 8 MAY 2021
Updated
Alex Salmond failed in his bid to become an MSP for the new Alba Party
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