Alba

Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

Veganism and getting Irn Bru to Russia - the small parties standing

Alex Salmond launched the pro-independence Alba Party in 2021

Exclusive Alba threatens to call in police amid dispute with local branches

Kenny MacAskill is leader of the Alba Party (Picture: Andy Buchanan - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Alba's woes would sadden Salmond

The late Alex Salmond with Alba Party supporters

Alba splinter group to launch legal action in bid to save the party

Salmond 'had some awareness' of alleged Alba fraud as scale revealed

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh and Alex Salmond.

Alex Salmond ally stands down as chair of Alba Party

Alex Salmond's widow Moira during the public memorial service for the former first minister in 2024

Salmond's widow could be forced to sell family home to pay off debts

Exclusive Police probing ‘irregularities’ in Alba Party’s finances

Kenny MacAskill

Rise of Farage's Reform UK will boost the Alba Party, says its leader

Former first minister Alex Salmond.

Alex Salmond cleared of historic sexual assault allegation

Traditionally observed on May 1, Beltane was one of four quarter day festivals which saw communities come together to celebrate the return of Summer. Said to be the midpoint between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice, ancient Celts would light two bonfires, which were believed to have healing and purification qualities, in celebration of the land’s fertility returning once more. While it isn’t entirely the same, the tradition is still celebrated to this day with the annual Beltane Fire Festival taking place in Edinburgh each year.

Spring in Scotland: 9 ancient traditions and customs

Alex Salmond. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alba confirms the party's final leadership candidates

Ash Regan MSP and Kenny MacAskill

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill secure backing to stand for Alba leader

A general view shows the Perth Museum in central Scotland. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

The region that boasts 'critical locations' from Shakespeare's Macbeth

Chris McEleny

Exclusive Chris McEleny suspended as Alba general secretary for gross misconduct

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill

Alba leadership contest in chaos amid 'bullying' and 'fascist' claims

Scotland's population is set to rise by millions in the next few years, says Kelly Hardman

Right balance of workers is vital for Scotland’s future

Kenny MacAskill and Alex Salmond.

Why MacAskill has entered the race to succeed Salmond as Alba leader

Ash Regan MSP.

Exclusive Ash Regan confirms bid to succeed Alex Salmond as Alba leader

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the government's Budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The key battlegrounds for Scottish Budget negotiations

Members of the public and pro-independence supporters gathered to pay their respects outside the public memorial service for former first minister Alex Salmond on Saturday (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

'Clueless and disinterested': Why former SNP MP has joined Alba party

The Proclaimers were supporters of Alex Salmond's Alba party.

Proclaimers to perform independence anthem at Alex Salmond memorial

Pall bearers with the coffin, draped in a Saltire flag, arriving for the funeral service for former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Why John Swinney won't attend Alex Salmond's funeral

Ash Regan

What next for the Alba party following Alex Salmond’s death?

Despite John Swinney's insistence, there is no case for another Scottish Independence referendum, says reader (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: There's no case for new independence referendum

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at Clacton Leisure Centre in Clacton, Essex, during the count for the 2024 General Election

How Reform, the Greens and Alba failed to find a foothold in Scotland

The future of Grangemouth oil refinery will be of national importance at the general election. Image: Michael Gillen/National World.

Analysis The election battle for the 'single biggest issue' facing Scotland

Chaidh bainne a thilgeil air Nigel Farage agus e ag iomairt am measg nan daoine. (Dealbh: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Tha ionnsaighean air luchd-poileataigs fior chunnartach dha deamocrasaigh

Analysis Why Alex Salmond is looking to 2026 for final throw of the dice on his career

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond could hold the key to Humza Yousaf's political future (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Humza Yousaf rejects Alex Salmond's call for electoral pact with Alba

Humza Yousaf is currently facing a vote on his future as First Minister. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Explainer What happens if Humza Yousaf wins a vote of no confidence?

First Minister Humza Yousaf with Scottish Green co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie at an independence march in Edinburgh. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Scottish Greens and Alba could split the pro-independence SNP vote

Alba party leader Alex Salmond at an event in Falkirk. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Second Alba resignation over convener's trans comments

Dòmhnall Francis MacNèill, an iasgair à Bhatarsaigh a sheinn “Na Fuadaichean A-rithist”

Dh’fhaodar poileataigs ann an Alba a dhèanamh ann an dòigh nas rianaile

Alex Salmond

Scotland is ‘moving politically backwards’, says Alex Salmond

Ash Regan

Number of NHS boards in Scotland should be cut, says Alex Salmond’s Alba Party

The Scottish Parliament has spectacularly failed to live up to its early promise (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Holyrood has become a job creation scheme for mediocre party activists

Ash Regan, formerly with the SNP, now sits as an Alba MSP (Picture: Getty)

Readers' Letters: Alba's referendum referendum is just pie in the sky

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Alex Salmond insists his court case won’t stop SNP support

Alba Party Holyrood leader Ash Regan MSP (right), party leader Alex Salmond (lelft) and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (centre), party chair, hold a press conference in Edinburgh. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Alba party sets out plan to hold 2024 vote on extending powers for independence

SNP leader Humza Yousaf.

Analysis: For Humza Yousaf, when it rains, it pours as Salmond lodges case

Ash Regan (centre) was a surprise candidate in the SNP leadership race against Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes. Picture: Craig Brough - Pool/Getty Images.

Political musical chairs will lead to a loss of faith in the SNP - John McLellan
Politicians leaving their parties is nothing new, but with the defection of Edinburgh Eastern MSP Ash Regan to Alex Salmond’s renegade nationalist party Alba, ...

Causes are eternal. Change is coming and Alba is on the rise. Kenny MacAskill

Regan’s departure may be no great loss. But it’s not inconsequential Euan McColm

Ash Regan. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Ash Regan says she has 'no current concerns' about Alex Salmond's behaviour

Analysis: Alba defections feed SNP divided narrative, but about survival

Humza Yousaf at an independence rally in Edinburgh. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

SNP to publish its next independence paper on migration

Former SNP MP for the Western Isles Angus MacNeil, who now sits as an independent, speaks in the House of Commons. Picture: PA

Former SNP MP to work with Alex Salmond's Alba party after Regan defection

Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich sa Ghàidhealtachd fo bhurn às dèidh na tuiltean uamhasach. (Dealbh: Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images)

Feumaidh a’ ghluasasd son dèiligeadh le blàthachadh na cruinne a bhith fèir

Humza Yousaf speaking at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, after it was announced that he is the new Scottish National Party leader, and will become the next First Minister of Scotland.

Salmond ridicules SNP independence plan as leadership confirm conference motion

From left: Robert Sharpe and Andrew Lewis, with Alba saying their hires mark 'another crucial milestone in our journey towards launch'. Picture: contributed.

Jim McColl's Scottish challenger bank Alba boosts top brass ahead of launch

Alba leader Alex Salmond has warned that his former party faces "electoral disaster"

SNP faces ‘electoral disaster’ without independence pact, says Salmond

Alex Salmond pictured in April 2021at the launch of the Alba Party manifesto for the Scottish Parliament election the following month (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty)

Readers' letters: Alex Salmond’s chutzpah knows no bounds

The Alba Party have hit out after a billboard poster was rejected by Global. Image: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Alba Party billboard rejected

Former first minister Alex Salmond. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Salmond on his leadership regrets and standing down unity candidates to help SNP

By-election will go badly for SNP unless it joins Alba's ticket Kenny MacAskill

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