Nicola Sturgeon s closest aide for more than a decade to vote for Alex Salmond s Alba Party
Noel Dolan said backing the Alba Party on the regional list ballot was the best opportunity for getting a second independence referendum.
6 April 2021 • 11:34am
Alex Salmond with Nicola Sturgeon in November 2014
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Nicola Sturgeon s closest aide for more than a decade has announced he is voting for Alex Salmond s new independence party in next month s Holyrood election.
Noel Dolan said backing the Alba Party on the regional list ballot on May 6 was the best opportunity for getting a second independence referendum.
He said it would be sensible for nationalists to back their SNP candidates in their local constituencies then Alba on the list ballot paper, which assigns parties seats using a complicated form of proportional representation.
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