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Steer Your Way Past the Ruins
We are approaching the fourth anniversary of the Alba Party launch. On March 26th, '21 Alex Salmond stunned the Scottish political world...
denisenexus
Mar 184 min read
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Leaving the table
On Saturday night Craig Murray posted on X that Alex Salmond had asked him to stand down from the NEC after Craig’s election in December...
denisenexus
Mar 32 min read
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When A Women Stands Up For Herself, She Stands Up For All Women
“You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.”...
denisenexus
Feb 165 min read
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Come Healing of the Spirit - An Interview with Alex Salmond, 9th April 2021
I interviewed Alex Salmond twice, the first interview has long since been deleted. I was a member of a group of bloggers who had...
denisenexus
Oct 15, 20241 min read
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Guest Post by Gordon Millar (Part 2) - Don't Shoot The Messenger
( Editorial note from Denise Findlay: I am publishing this guest post by ALBA member Gordon Millar. Any objections Alba may have to...
denisenexus
Sep 21, 202411 min read
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom. For trying to change the system from within
On the weekend of the hapless SNP conference is there anything a group of determined and clever SNP activists can do to save the SNP from...
denisenexus
Aug 31, 20245 min read
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Guest blog by Gordon Millar - ALBA in the Balance
Gordon Millar is back with a guest blog analysing the recently published 2023 Alba Party accounts. After spells as a senior manager with...
denisenexus
Aug 27, 20246 min read
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The Shallows of Despair
The independence movement finds itself bound in the shallows, we got here fast from the days of ‘secret plans’ and ‘eyes on the prize’,...
denisenexus
Jul 26, 20244 min read
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There is no decent place to stand in a massacre
The independence movement fared badly in the General Election 2024 and while much will be written about the failings of the SNP. It is...
denisenexus
Jul 5, 20244 min read


Talking about a revolution
We know turnout in elections is a problem too many people are disenfranchised and disillusioned with politics. Who speaks for the...
denisenexus
May 25, 20243 min read


The Scheme Uprising by Leanne Tervit
Cast your mind back to a decade ago. A date had been set where we would have the opportunity to change our future. Our lives. Campaigners...
denisenexus
Apr 29, 20244 min read

Born Right - Tell Children the Truth.
CASS Review implications for the Sandyford Clinic TOPIC: CASS Review implications for the Sandyford Clinic Proposer Denise Findlay...
denisenexus
Apr 9, 20242 min read

Indy 1st, the Aye App and the Schemes - Guest post by Leanne Tervit
The text below is a piece I wrote 2 years ago when I stood as a candidate in the Council Elections. Its as relevant today if not more...
denisenexus
Mar 30, 20245 min read


Independence Nothing Less
“We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in...
denisenexus
Jan 19, 20245 min read

Guest Post By Allan Petrie
Not My Parliament Where now after the self-determination bill falls? Neale Hanvey’s last ditch attempt to obtain some democracy from...
denisenexus
Jan 16, 20244 min read


And The Wars They Will Be Fought Again....
".....She loves her daughter, no condition Thank-you Mum for bucking the trend teaching me women can do it better than men" - Cara...
denisenexus
Jan 15, 20244 min read


My Year as ALBA Organisation Convener - Part 3 - Policy Making
For the final part of this three part blog covering my year as Organisation Convener. I write about the conferences and the national...
denisenexus
Oct 12, 20233 min read


My Year as ALBA Organisation Convener - Part 2 - By-Elections
"Oh, the wars they will be fought again" During my past year as Organisation Convener, there have been five local authority by-elections...
denisenexus
Oct 6, 20236 min read


My Year as ALBA Organisation Convener - Part 1 - Campaigning with Alex
"The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part Only the little white rose of Scotland That smells sharp and sweet—and...
denisenexus
Sep 29, 20238 min read


I've seen the future, baby, it is murder
"There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their lives is bound...
denisenexus
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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