TATTY BRITISH ORGANISATION SHAMBLES.

This is what happens when your country does not have its own organisations and be able to react speedily to the changing circumstances. What follows is a democratic outrage that will disadvantage ALBA. The reliance on London and British “FairPlay” is revealed for all to see.

PRESS INFORMATION FOR RELEASE EMBARGO 7AM THURSDAY 1 APRIL
MACASKILL TAKES ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO TASK
“Now that ALBA are becoming a force to be reckoned with we will not be done down in future” – former Justice Secretary.

Kenny MacAskill MP has slated the Electoral Commission for their failure to approve the ALBA logo in time for the election ballot papers.
He said“The Commission was set up to ensure fairness in politics not to entrench unfairness. ALBA was a very small party in early February when they submitted a logo design to the Commission. The bureaucratic delays are inexcusable with Commission systems that do not work and emails and phone calls unanswered. It wasn’t until Alex Salmond came on board this week that the Commission started to pay attention.

ALBA have been treated shabbily and now that we are becoming a force to be reckoned with we will not be done down like this in future. Unlike Labour yesterday we did not have the finance to challenge the Commission in court this time. But that will not be the case in times to come nor indeed should it be necessary.

The Commission have the most serious questions to answer and have introduced unfairness into the election. They seem hell-bent on placing obstacles in ALBA’s way with every important decision run from their team in London. That team seem to have allocated the Scottish elections a very low priority.

The most serious question of all is how they were able to process and approve a change of SNP identity mark first released for public consultation on 11th March but not ALBA material submitted exactly one month earlier. The Commission officials bent over backwards to assist the big party but gave little or no help to the emerging party. This is exactly the opposite of what they are meant to be doing.”

Editors notesALBA are standing 32 candidates across all eight regional lists in Scotland. A full list of candidates can be found here.
CANDIDATES DETAILS
South Scotland
Cynthia Guthrie 
Corri Wilson 
Suzanne Blackley 
Laurie Flynn 
 
Lothian
Kenny MacAskill MP 
Alex Arthur 
Christina Hendry 
Irshad Ahmed
Glasgow
Cllr Michelle Fearns 
Ailsa Gray 
Cllr Shahid Farooq 
Lynn McMahon
North East Scotland
Alex Salmond 
Heather McLean 
Cllr Brian Topping 
Dot Jessiman
West Scotland
Cllr Chris McEleny 
Cllr Caroline McAllister 
Cllr Ellen McMaster 
Delia Henry
Central Scotland
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh 
Cllr Lynne Anderson 
Dr Jim Walker 
Margaret Lynch
Mid Scotland and Fife
Eva Comrie 
Neale Hanvey MP 
Jim Eadie 
Stephanie Reilly
Highlands and Islands
Kirk Torrance 
Craig Berry 
Josh Robertson 
Judith Reid
ALBA – TOP TEN FOR DIVERSITY
18 women 
7 serving councillors 
6 current or former parliamentarians 
3 BAME candidates 
3 candidates with disabilities 
2 serving MPs 
2 economists 
1 Gaelic speaker 
1 former champion boxer 
1 Former First Minister
KEY STATSWOMEN 18 = 56% 
MEN 14 = 44%

WARNING..This is NOT an April 1st story . The only joke here is the Electoral Commission.

I am, as always

Yours for Scotland