LATEST…DOT JESSIMAN JOINS ALBA

Truly great news that Dot Jessiman has joined the Alba Party and will be contesting the North East list on behalf of the Party. Dot has stood down as the North East Rep on the SNP NEC and becomes the latest recruit from that now seriously reduced SNP ruling committee.

It was Dot of course who revealed all the dubious goings on in the SNP NEC during 2020 which led to many changes at the last conference in November 2020. Sadly these changes have been outmaneuvered with people who lost in the elections nevertheless being able to attend through being able to be substitute reps for one of the myriad of appointed, rather than elected, positions. I don’t doubt this frustration with the lack of democracy on show led to Dot’s and several others to look on Alba as being a much more effective vehicle to promote Indy.

From Official Announcement

Dot Jessiman added;“I am proud to stand with Alex Salmond in the North East of Scotland. ALBA is putting down real roots in our communities and opportunity for Scotland beckons. Instead of wasting list votes on the SNP, the switch to ALBA opens up the prospect of an independence #Supermajority in the next Parliament. My message in this election is both votes YES; SNP in the constituencies and ALBA for the regional list”
“I’ve now joined the Alba Party to stand in the North East of Scotland and make sure we can get a Supermajority for independence in the Scottish Parliament.”
BIO Dot
Dot Jessiman was born a Cockney, married a Scot who returned to Scotland on the back of the oil and has lived for 40 years on a croft in rural Aberdeenshire. Dot joined the SNP in 1988.
She was an Elected Member of the National Council and has represented north-east grassroots members on its NEC for the last two years.Dot is a former Convener of New Scots for Independence.
As Vice Convener of the first Scottish Land Commission, she wrote the Report that became the baseline for the SNP’s later land reforms. For the past 15 years, she has run a Talk Independence stall that tours the northern Summer Shows for which she researched a comprehensive series of information leaflets on subjects identified by questions from the public. Dot’s most recent activity has been with a group that explored and published a paper on an alternative legally and politically viable route to IndyRef2.

Editors notes
• On Friday 26th March the ALBA Party was launched by Alex Salmond and Alex and three other candidates were declared – Eva Comrie who transferred from No1 on the SNP list for Mid Scotland and Fife, businesswoman Cynthia Guthrie who is standing in the South of Scotland and Cllr Chris McEleny, the author of “Plan B” who is standing in the West of Scotland. 
• On Saturday 27th March former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill MP announced his transfer to the ALBA Party alongside Corrie Wilson, the former SNP MP 
• On Sunday 28th March, Neale Hanvey MP announced his transfer to the ALBA Party alongside the SNP’s National Equalities Convener, Cllr Lynne Anderson, who relinquished her position on the SNP’s ruling body to transfer to the ALBA Party, and the SNP’s National Women’s Convener Cllr Caroline McAllister 
• On Monday 29th March Senior Glasgow SNP Councillor Michelle Ferns joined the ALBA party and will contest the Glasgow regional list for the party, World Boxing Champion Alex Arthur MBE joined the ALBA Party as its latest, ‘big hitter’ to stand in the upcoming Scottish Parliamentary elections. 
• On Tuesday Internationally renowned Economist Dr Jim Walker joined the ALBA Party and will be contesting the Central Scotland regional list and Cllr Brian Topping who has been an SNP Councillor for 37 years and successful in twelve successive electoral contests. He is one of the longest-serving SNP councillors in Scotland.• Video of Dot: https://youtu.be/BdsDFBIvuXk