Another SNP MP has announced they are defecting to Alex Salmond's new party as the Scottish independence movement descends further into chaos. Kenny MacAskill MP (left) announced yesterday he was deserting Nicola Sturgeon to stand for the newly-launched Alba party in May's Holyrood elections. Any and all of these things are tactics to achieve the strategy, which is to achieve Scottish independence.' 'The Alba Party provides a tonic for our movement with an unashamedly optimistic vision for Scotland's impending transition to an independent European nation.' The Yes movement encompasses not just the SNP, not just the Alba party, but people of no party.

Source: The Nation March 28, 2021 12:00 UTC