It ‘as to be Alba

I’ve been in quite a tricky position, because I’ve known for months from what I’ve been told privately that a new credible list-only party was a real possibility, but not a certainty – which meant as a long-standing SNP member and supporter, and as someone who also thinks Alex Salmond has the right strategic prescription for delivering independence, I had no idea until a few minutes ago whether or not I was going to be backing the SNP on the list as usual in this election.   That was starting to make me feel slightly queasy.  I still want to know a few more details before making a final decision, but based on what I heard of Mr Salmond’s statement, my gut feeling is that it ‘as to be Alba.  Ironically, that will put me on the same side as Stuart Campbell, but that’s actually a good thing – we desperately need all Yes supporters to be building a pro-independence party up at this election, not spending every minute trying to destructively tear the SNP down.