[SCOT goes POP!] Alba are now so synonymous with vote-rigging and corruption that even vote-rigging *in the Scottish Labour Party* seems to ultimately trace back to them

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Alba are now so synonymous with vote-rigging and corruption that even vote-rigging *in the Scottish Labour Party* seems to ultimately trace back to them

I literally burst out laughing a few minutes ago after clicking a link on the MSN homepage which read "Labour receives formal complaint over claims of voter irregularities in Holyrood selection contest", only to be taken to an article containing a photo of Alex Salmond and Kenny MacAskill standing on a hill with an Alba banner.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Alba are now so synonymous with vote-rigging and corruption that even vote-rigging in the Scottish Labour Party somehow ultimately seems to trace back to Alba.  

Basically the story is that the former Alba candidate Irshad Ahmad defected to Labour and immediately got himself ranked top of Labour's regional list for Edinburgh & Lothians East, ahead of far better known candidates such as Daniel Johnson and Martin Whitfield.  There are, shall we say, suspicions about how he may have done that.  It's all rather akin to how Abdul Majid came out of nowhere to score a landslide victory over people like Craig Murray and Barrhead Boy in the 2023 Alba NEC elections.  

I mean, we scoff at the Alba Continuity Junta's boasts that they will take Scotland to independence, but who knows, maybe they're onto something.  Abdul Majid might get himself elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party or something, and then we'll be pushing at an open door.  Independence, the Alba way, one rigged vote at a time.

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My latest Holyrood constituency profiles for The National are Bathgate and Caithness, Sutherland & Ross.

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