Itâs not true to say that ISP has thrown its lot in with the Alba Party
Letters
Although the Independence for Scotland Party has stood aside for this election to give Alba a clear run on the list vote, it has not disbanded REFERRING to the letter on Sunday from Peter Barr, it is incorrect to say that the Independence for Scotland Party have thrown in our lot with the Alba Party. I am not aware of how the AFI intend to progress, but the ISP is definitely going forward as a separate party. As a one-off, this election, we stood aside for the sake of Scotland’s independence to maximise the pro-independence vote on the list. We did this in the hope of independence gaining a supermajority next month.
ALAN Crocket (Letters, January 21) in his response to my letter makes my case stronger, not weaker. In 2016 the SNP won 59 constituency seats, up six from 2011, but dropped from 16 to four on the list. Is it realistic to make all planning based on such a large increase in constituency seats won? I have had too many disappointments over my 29-year membership of the SNP to allow this to happen. The small drop between constituency and list in 2016 was only 2% but this was enough to slash the number of list seats, so we can’t take any chances in this key election. The 2011 overall majority which gave us the 2014 referendum required the 16 list seats.