A GOOD START FROM ASH REGAN

A GOOD START FROM ASH REGAN

Being less well known to the Scottish public it was important Ash got off to a positive start. What I was looking for was a positive message, a clarity of message and some bravery and vision about the challenges in front of her in this contest.

On all of that Ash delivered. On Independence she would set up a new operation to drive that forward on her Day One in power. As it is the prime aim of the Scottish National Party since the Party was created the only surprise about that is that a section of the Party are opposed to such a plan and are wedded to snail pace gradualism, unsure of which direction the snail should travel.

Introduced at her launch by Joanna Cherry KC,MP a powerful and competent ally, unafraid to stand up to the intimidation she herself has faced, she expressed her desire to be regarded as the Change Candidate and if ever a Party needed significant urgent change it is the SNP, a Party that has seriously lost its way in recent years.

She also made a vital call insisting that having Peter Murrell, as the Party’s CEO in charge of the election for his own wife’s replacement, was a serious conflict of interest and totally unacceptable in the circumstances.

I most certainly echo that call, already a readers poll in the National newspaper has witnessed an onslaught by electronic interference in the voting system from supporters of Humza Yousaf. It is known that Mr Yousaf is the “continuity candidate” and it can be assumed that those who benefited most from Nicola’s patronage in the past and that the staff at Party HQ, appointed by and still reporting to Mr Murrell, have the most to fear from any “change” candidate.

Supervision of this election must be strict and fair. The SNP under Mr Murrell ran farcical elections to determine the list placings for the last Scottish elections where even the various candidates were not allowed to know the results. Only a winner in each region was announced, no breakdown was provided. It was just a case of xxxx has won. No other information at all. It was run by an outside company operating on instructions and direction from….Peter Murrell. Given that the said gentleman is himself facing serious investigation over financial matters including the missing 600k and a personal loan of £107,000 to the Party it would seem sensible to have others in charge of the voting process. It must not only be fair, it must be seen clearly to be so.

After all we know that many of the leading figures in the SNP and also senior staff at HQ were involved in the plot to convict Alex Salmond. Even ignoring the financial irregularities they may have a lot else to lose if a new command structure is put in place.

Likewise it is expected any result will be, at best limited to percentages. You would think any Party that was still claiming to be easily the biggest in the country would be happy to provide real actual numbers of the votes for each candidate if only to demonstrate their “huge” membership. Not so the SNP. WHY?

A final word. Don’t expect any candidate other than the hapless Humza Useless to get any useful media coverage from the British Biased Corporation. I feature below the coverage of Ash’s launch first published on Wings. She gets 90 seconds while the remaining time in the almost seven minutes coverage comes from a known Humza supporter from wait for it… Stirling University or Woke Central as it’s better known, who gets the opportunity to talk down Kate and Ash while talking up Humza. In the interests of balance I offer myself to comment on Humza’s next appearance. Just give me equal time with Humza I don’t need any more. Just ask yourself why would the BBC be punting Humza Useless for leader? The answer my friends is in his name!

An opening message from Ash Regan

To finish today’s highlight

Alex Neil revealing on Reporting Scotland that Humza sought permission from Alex Salmond to set up a meeting at the exact date and time as the Same Sex Marriage vote as he was under pressure from his mosque. So he was happy to see Kate Forbes being attacked for her religious views while he himself was using subterfuge to disguise his own cowardice. I merely ask is this the man who deserves the honour of being Scotland’s First Minister?

I am, as always

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