Iain Macwhirter: Alba shows up Holyrood as a parliament of virtue-signalling careerists
THE prospect of Alex Salmond returning to parliament has spread panic in the Holyrood chicken coop. It only took one opinion poll suggesting his new party, Alba, might deliver a handful of seats, to reveal the instincts of the Scottish political establishment: which is to shut him out by discrediting Holyrood's electoral system. The Liberal Democrats, who were co-architects of the Additional Member System back in the day, are now talking of scrapping it for the Single Transferable Vote hoping that would put Salmond back in his box. It wouldn't. Under STV, voters elect MSPs on large multi-...
Source: heraldscotland.com