Lorna Slater, who jointly leads the Scottish Greens, of not mentioning independence during a TV debate. Salmond launched a new pro-indy party, Alba, in the wake of his bitter fallout with Nicola Sturgeon.Alba’s aim is to secure a “super majority” of pro-independence MSPs and is only contesting the regional List elections for Holyrood.An Alba rival on the Lists is the Scottish Greens, headed by Slater and Patrick Harvie.Slater received plaudits for her performance in a live leaders debate recently, but Salmond was unimpressed.In an interview with “Barrhead Boy”, Salmond claimed he had “great respect” for Green politics and referred to Slater as an “estimable lady”.However, he said: “It is the case that she did not utter the word independence.
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