Tag: neale hanvey

It’s time to reframe current tribalism

A blog by Neal Hanvey, first published by the ALBA Party, 6th May. I’m not speaking at the All Under One Banner rally on Saturday 6th May. This will likely elicit a cheer, ambivalence or perhaps disappointment in your mind. Yet those feelings are unlikely to be stimulated by any direct personal knowledge of me as an… Continue reading It’s time to reframe current tribalism

ALBA Party Launch National Pro Scottish Republic Campaign

ALBA PARTY have, this weekend, launched a national billboard campaign in the run-up to next week’s Coronation.  ALBA are putting a focus on their policy that Scotland should be an Independent Republic, a position they say has majority support from Scots.  Two “huge” electronic advertising boards will be on display to tens of thousands of… Continue reading ALBA Party Launch National Pro Scottish Republic Campaign

ALBA call on SNP Leadership Candidates to back Self-Determination Bill

ALBA PARTY Westminster Leader Neale Hanvey MP has urged the contenders in the SNP leadership race to back his parliamentary initiatives that seek to transfer powers to the Scottish Parliament to facilitate a referendum on independence. Hanvey says that support by the SNP leadership candidates would “unite the independence movement in common cause”. He has… Continue reading ALBA call on SNP Leadership Candidates to back Self-Determination Bill

Neale Hanvey wants Scotland to choose…

Alba’s Neale Hanvey introduced a Bill to Westminster to transfer the right to call a referendum to Scotland. Neale’s speech He used the arcane 10-minute rule mechanism, so the pomp and ceremony involved is just the kind of thing a newly Independent Scotland would do away with. What gives us hope is that the supporting… Continue reading Neale Hanvey wants Scotland to choose…

ALBA MP shows the SNP how it’s done

Once again the unmatched oratory skills of ALBA’s Depute Leader in Westminster highlight the practical path to Scottish Independence. We in the ALBA party are prepared to support any motion which advances the case for Independence, and any party which proposes one. As any true friend will do, ALBA will offer criticism where necessary to… Continue reading ALBA MP shows the SNP how it’s done

St Andrew’s Day Declaration Launched to assert Scotland’s Right to Self-Determination

The ALBA Party have today called on people and civic organisations across Scotland to endorse a St Andrew’s Day Declaration to assert the right to determine our own future. The Declaration is an immediate response to last week’s Supreme Court decision which, as well as stating the Scottish Parliament did not have the power to… Continue reading St Andrew’s Day Declaration Launched to assert Scotland’s Right to Self-Determination