#Scotland's Party of #SleepyCuddles and The #Transphobes is over. The #AlbaParty's NEC voted on Sunday to deregister and wind up. 👏👏

Alba has no money, and almost no remaining members. Mr Sleepy Cuddles is dead, their lone #MSP came as a defector but defected again, and there aren't enough transphobes to make it a going concern.

More from #HeraldScotland at https://archive.is/Xu4og / https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25917978.alba-party-wind-deregister-financial-crisis/

#GoodRiddance.

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The #AlbaParty's death story has an extra layer of comedy: a #CunningPlan to resurrect the party's corpse.

Somehow, its all going to be sorted by a team of swinger #TommySheridan, teenage-duo-snoģger #AngusMacNeil, and #ChristinaHendry, niece of the late Mr #SleepyCuddles. 🙄

After an alleged misuse of funds, the party is £300,000 short of being able to field candidates in May. But this trio are going to make it all OK. #Magic! 😂🤣

See https://archive.is/pAZlr https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25911143.alba-rebels-talks-kenny-macaskill-keep-partys-dream-alive/

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Mike Small of @BellaCaledonia on the demise of Scotland's absurdly dysfunctional #AlbaParty. https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/21/the-alba-party-2021-2026/

The gang of SleepyCuddles And The Transphobes was always a bizarre oxymoron, but the death of Mr #SleepyCuddles left the cult without a leader.

Those missing the political comedy of Alba should not despair. An "Alliance to Liberate Scotland" is apparently the label for continuing Alba's only significant achievement: collating all the bams under one label. #popcorn

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#AlbaParty going out of business, says leader #KennyMcAskill: https://archive.is/QlPaa./ https://www.thenational.scot/news/25875507.kenny-macaskills-statement-alba-members-full/

Former Alba General Secretary #ChrisMcEleny has left the party with no money and no credible accounts, so it has to deregister by the end of March.

With no money and no registration, it can't contest any elections. The Party of #SleepyCuddles And The #Transphobes is going #PeteTong. #BrownBread.

Bring on the tiny violins 🎻🎻😂🤣

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#SleepyCuddlesAndTheTransphobes — aka the #AlbaParty— continues to entertain its many opponents.

#Alba's legal battles with former General Secretary #ChrisMcEleny now get a police investigation. Its only MSP has quit, and the party's brightest hope seems to be the massively discredited #TommySheridan, perjurer who wrecked the #ScottishSocialistParty.

A set of lost deposits will be the last electoral legacy of #Salmond. #popcorn

https://archive.is/RIGaw / https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/pro-independence-alba-party-plunged-36723190

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Looks like the party is over for Alba. It was a personal vehicle for #AlexSalmond, and without Salmond it has fallen apart. At its peak, it was a cult of SleepyCuddles And The #Transphobes, but without Mr #SleepyCuddles it has only acrimony.

Alba never won any seats in any election. AFAIK, its candidates all lost their deposits. The MPs who defected to #AlbaParty lost their seats in 2024, and without the absurd Ash Regan, Alba is just a handfull of local councillors.

https://news.stv.tv/politics/ash-regan-alba-partys-only-msp-in-scottish-parliament-quits-party-to-sit-as-an-independent

SCOTLAND OPINION POLL

Headline Holyrood regional list voting intention by #Survation:

🟡 * National Party: 28% (-1)
🔴 * Labour: 22% (+2)
🔵 * Conservatives: 16% (+3)
⚪ Reform UK: 12% (-4)
🟢 * Greens: 10% (+2)
🟠 * Liberal Democrats: 9% (=)
🟤 Alba: 2% (-1)

* Scottish

Holyrood constituency voting intention:

🟡 * National Party: 36% (+2)
🔴 * Labour: 22% (-1)
⚪ Reform UK: 14% (-3)
🔵 * Conservatives: 13% (+1)
🟠 * Liberal Democrats: 9% (+1)
🟢 * Greens: 5% (+1)
🟤 Alba: 1% (=)

* Scottish

Conducted 16-22 April 2025. Changes with 6-13 March 2025.

Tables: https://diffleypartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/April-2025-Voter-Intention-Poll-Diffley-Partnership-FOR-WEB-2.xlsb

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