There’s a fourth person in this SNP leadership race, only he’s not on the ticket and he can’t be elected as leader. The former SNP leader and First Minister, Alex Salmond is using this chaotic leadership election to engineer his rehabilitation.
Ash Regan, the former community safety minister, who launched her leadership campaign on Friday is a Salmond protege. She echoed his call for an ‘independence convention’ to bring all independence parties together, including Mr Salmond’s breakaway Alba party.
This would propel Alex Salmond back into the centre stage of Scottish politics. He would be a big presence in such a body, given his experience and history – not to mention his ego. It would be the Salmond show redux.
Ash Regan is her own woman, of course. But her policy agenda is pure Alex Salmond.
This week we can expect the various factions that support gender reform and Net Zero to rain fire on Ash Regan if she appears to be making progress.
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