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Jim Sillars, who won the 1988 Govan by-election in a breakthrough moment for the Nationalists, said the argument for backing the new independence movement on the list vote was "incontestable".The Scottish political veteran fell out with Salmond in the early 1990s over differences in party strategy and became one of his most persistent critics in later years.But Sillars - who served as a Labour MP in the 1970s before later joining the Nationalists - has now pledged to back his former political

rats are partying in ghost flats that have left a neighbourhood looking like a cesspit.Rows of squalid and abandoned properties have been taken over by the giant rodents.Now the brazen rats are visiting occupied terraces across the road - and playing havoc with residents’ lives.In some astonishing scenes in Johnstone Castle.• A ten-strong vermin group thronged at a back garden hut• One leapt out of a grey wheelie bin into a woman’s face• Another flew out of a cupboard inside a house and• One

May 6 when he had another technical mishap. During his YouTube speech on the Alba Party page the Apple AirPod was hanging out, it then fell out half way through.

Scottish Lib Dems leader wants future Scottish Parliament polls to use single transferable vote (STV), the same system used at council elections since 2007 which sees voters rank candidates by order of preference.His party also wants a return to Holyrood elections being held every four years instead of five and support the introduction of a recall function which could see misbehaving MSPs removed from office.Rennie claimed yesterday that Alba - a breakaway party launched last month - was

Alex ­Salmond’s Alba Party. In a video, Craig and Charlie Reid urge people to vote for the former first minister and his ­fellow candidates on May 6.It’s a huge coup for Salmond, who is hoping to be elected on the North East regional list.

Democrats. The assertion is based on a listing of the party's membership on its Wikipedia page, which shows numbers at 4,085 as of December 2018.

Chris McEleny, made the jump when the party was launched last week and will now stand on the party’s West Scotland list.

Alex Salmond’s hopes of returning to frontline politics could be in peril, as only 3% of Scots saying they would offer support at the ballot box. Only 10% of those surveyed rank the former First Minister favourability.

Scottish Parliament party launched itself on social media last year and aims to do what it says on the tin - ditch Holyrood and return Scotland to direct rule from London.

MP and will take place alongside a series of local elections in England and votes for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments. Prescott is standing for the Reform UK party which used to be Nigel Farage's Brexit Party.

Easter period. NHS Lothian has written to all parents in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas ahead of Easter weekend, reports Edinburgh Live.

Scotland's largest local authority but will now try to win election as an MSP in May.The councillor for the Shettleston ward will stand on the Glasgow list at the forthcoming Scottish Parliament poll.Salmond stunned the Scottish political world last week when he announced the establishment of a new pro-independence party.Two SNP MPs - Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey - quit Nicola Sturgeon's party over the weekend to join Salmond's new movement.Ferns is the fourth serving councillor to join

Edinburgh. The campsite was left abandoned after a group of teens had enjoyed an all-night party on Saturday night, reports Edinburgh Live.

Kenny MacAskill said Nicola Sturgeon's party had "failed to achieve a majority" at the last Holyrood elections in 2016 and it was now time for other pro-independence parties to step up. The MP for East Lothian quit the SNP yesterday to join the newly launched Alba Party, which will be led by Alex Salmond and is aiming to win MSPs at May's election via the list vote.

Kenny MacAskill is "somewhat of a relief" after he quit to join the newly-formed Alba Party. Alex Salmond launched his latest political project on Friday as a means to create a "supermajority" of pro-independence supporters in Holyrood.

community. There were pockets of bloggers and Salmond supporters who aired their support for the former First Minister, however on the whole the feedback was quite negative.

Hibs goalkeeper Ofir Marciano. The Israeli has snubbed a new deal at Easter Road and had been linked with Celtic.

new party - the Alba Party. The Former First Minister will lead the Alba Party, which will field at least four candidates in the regional lists.

SNP spokesperson said that the one note independence party being led Alex Salmond was “inappropriate” and irrelevant. The official said: “This is perhaps the most predictable development in Scottish politics for quite some time.