ALBA - A New Party for a New Nation

ALBA PARTY INAUGURAL CONFERENCE MARCH 2017

A NEW PARTY A NEW NATION

We stand for Scotland

A new style of politics, for this new nation.

By helping one and other, we can build the best Scotland.

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CONTENTS A Message to the People of Scotland The Right Honourable Alex Salmond MP

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Nationhood Scotland’s place in the World

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Healthier Building a healthier Scotland

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Finance An economy that works for everyone

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A New Party for A New Nation

My message to the People of Scotland.

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Dear Scotland, We are a nation full of pride and

I cannot, I will not, allow for a

endless possibility.

mockery to be made of our nation, the nation that I have spent my entire

We are meant to be proving ourselves

political career fighting for.

to the nations of the world, and the Labour party have embarrassed our

We live in the early days of a better,

people

deny

modern and inclusive Scotland, but we

democracy by failing to lead. Things

must grasp the seriousness of this

cannot continue like this.

situation before we move forward.

ALBA are Scotland’s party. We have

We have a burning passion to deliver

the experience and talent to lead our

for Scotland like no other party in

nation from strength-to-strength. We

Parliament, and in partnership with

have the chance to show the world

other parties, we are prepared to

what Scotland can do.

deliver

and

attempted

to

continued

and

promising

progress.

I am no fool, and I know of the challenges that we face. But, if we

In our first ever election, we mobilised

work together, as one nation - we can

and captured the hearts of hundreds of

achieve a great many things.

thousands of Scotland. We are ready to deliver for Scotland.

ALBA stands for Scotland and Scottish democracy, and we will not let the

Yours for Scotland,

people of Scotland down.

In this new time, an exciting and prosperous time for our nation, ALBA stands read to deliver for the people of Scotland.

Alex Salmond, Leader

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Scotland’s place in the World.

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Nationhood Independence has been secured for

Independence has proved to be a

Scotland, and now big decisions must

success for Scotland, as we now have

be taken.

the power to make all of our own

All

ALBA

members

believe

decisions.

in

Scotland’s right to self determination and believe that Scotland should remain as an independent nation.

We firmly believe in the power of the people of Scotland and the sovereignty of the people of our nation. As such, we believe in the republicanism and believe that Scotland must remain as a republic.

We believe in Scotland’s membership of the European Union, and will begin efforts to join the European Union at the earliest possibility.

Scotland can play a vital role in European politics, and we must grasp this opportunity.

Scotland is comparable to many other European nations, and we can work with them to build a Europe that works for everyone.

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Building a healthier Scotland.

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Healthier ALBA are committed to providing

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stable governance and building a

purpose-built vehicles for the Scottish

healthier Scotland.

Ambulance Service.

We will expand free school meals to

We will deliver for healthcare services

all primary school children by the

across the country, and we pledge to

end of this parliamentary term.

protect free prescriptions.

We will invest into the NHS like never before and deliver record high funding.

We will build new hospitals on Skye and in Fort William, to connect communities and replace ageing infrastructure.

We will work with Unions in the healthcare better

industry

working

to

provide

conditions

and

higher pay for all working in our NHS, because they deserve it.

We remain committed to delivering true progress for Scotland, and we will begin an ambitious programme of modernisation in our National Health Service.

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will

introduce

modern

and

An economy that works for everyone.

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Finance Scotland is a land of energy plenty.

We will invest into the rural

ALBA believe that we should use

economy like never before, and we

this to our advantage and build an

will

and a programme of economic

council tax and replace it with a

growth, ALBA will seek to build the

‘local tax’ that is much more fairer

strongest possible economy.

that the current taxation system.

ALBA will seek to ensure that public finances are stable and protected.

investment

bank

a and

national a

rural

investment bank, to provide funds to projects and communities across our nation.

ALBA will seek to introduce a budget bill to parliament to provide further

funding

to

the

that

Through greater public investment

ALBA will seek to abolish the

establish

ensure

on income from tourism.

vast energy resources.

will

to

communities are not fully reliant

economy that is supported by our

We

work

NHS,

Transport and Rural Connectivity.

ALBA firmly believe in ensuring that our economy is protected from instability.

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WE WANT TO PUSH FOR BOLDER POLICY MAKING FOR SCOTLAND.

We stand for Scotland