Alba Party. Salmond launched Alba - a rival to the SNP - last week after a bitter fallout with former protege Nicola Sturgeon.Alba intends to field candidates on the regional lists for the Holyrood election, with Salmond standing in the North East.High profile defections so far have included MPs Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, as well as Inverclyde councillor Chris McEleny.Ex-boxer Alex Arthur was also announced as a candidate, but the news was marred after he apologised for making nasty comments about beggars.Another Alba candidate, Dr Jim Walker, apologised after it emerged he had called Sturgeon a "cow".Farooq will contest the regional list in Glasgow while Jessiman, who has resigned as a member of the SNP national executive committee,.
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