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In Wales there are 4 independence parties according to Wiki


"Four parties have declared they will stand on a pro-independence platform in the May 2021 elections: Plaid Cymru, the Wales Green Party, Gwlad Gwlad and Propel (though Propel is not yet registered by the Electoral Commission)."

When I was a kid I thought all rock bands had a colour in their name - Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Red Zeppelin, Pink Faries and the like.


All Scottish independence parties need to be led by a fish, I look forward to Pike from Dad's army, Captain Haddock from Tin Tin, and Alfie Bass setting up their own, albeit some from the grave.

This smacks more of personal than political, even Farage realised that by standing at the last GE, votes for his party would undermine the chances of the Tories winning and thereby Brexit completing.


The bigger the SNP's win the more chance there'll be of Johnson being forced politically to agree to a second referendum...

diable rouge Wrote:

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> This smacks more of personal than political, even

> Farage realised that by standing at the last GE,

> votes for his party would undermine the chances of

> the Tories winning and thereby Brexit completing.

>

>

> The bigger the SNP's win the more chance there'll

> be of Johnson being forced politically to agree to

> a second referendum...


^this. He's only interested in himself

diable rouge Wrote:

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> This smacks more of personal than political, even

> Farage realised that by standing at the last GE,

> votes for his party would undermine the chances of

> the Tories winning and thereby Brexit completing.


Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but doesn?t Scotland?s system of PR make this a different calculation there?

he plans to stand on "list" seats not "constituency"


"Chris Hopkins, associate director of the polling company Savanta ComRes, said the launch of the Alba Party would give SNP voters the chance to use their ?otherwise wasted? list votes on another pro-independence party."


https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/alex-salmonds-alba-party-to-essentially-manipulate-list-system-to-secure-support-for-scottish-independence-3180597

That's a good point alex, totally forgot that Scottish Parliament elections are run on a form of PR.


According to this article...https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,what-impact-could-alex-salmonds-alba-party-have-on-the-election...polls are needed (some due this weekend) to see what/if any effect voting for Alba will have.


The article does suggest votes for Alba could help unionist parties in certain regions, but it also suggests that Alba is targeting pro-Indy, socially conservative, Brexit voters, so I presume they mean voters that want to vote Indy but would never vote for the SNP because they consider them to be left wing.


All ifs, buts and maybes at this stage...

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