ANEWPARTY ANEWNATION
WestandforScotland
ALBAPARTY INAUGURALCONFERENCE MARCH2017
Byhelpingoneandother, wecanbuildthebestScotland.
Anewstyleofpolitics, forthisnewnation.
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CONTENTS 4 AMessagetothePeopleofScotland TheRightHonourableAlexSalmondMP7 Nationhood Scotland’splaceintheWorld9 Healthier BuildingahealthierScotland11 Finance Aneconomythatworksforeveryone`13
ANewPartyforANewNation
MymessagetothePeople ofScotland.
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DearScotland,
Weareanationfullofprideand endlesspossibility.
Wearemeanttobeprovingourselves tothenationsoftheworld,andthe Labourpartyhaveembarrassedour peopleandattemptedtodeny democracybyfailingtolead.Things cannotcontinuelikethis.
ALBAareScotland’sparty.Wehave theexperienceandtalenttoleadour nationfromstrength-to-strength.We havethechancetoshowtheworld whatScotlandcando.
Iamnofool,andIknowofthe challengesthatweface.But,ifwe worktogether,asonenation-wecan achieveagreatmanythings.
ALBAstandsforScotlandandScottish democracy,andwewillnotletthe peopleofScotlanddown.
Inthisnewtime,anexcitingand prosperoustimeforournation,ALBA standsreadtodeliverforthepeopleof Scotland.
Icannot,Iwillnot,allowfora mockerytobemadeofournation,the nationthatIhavespentmyentire politicalcareerfightingfor.
Weliveintheearlydaysofabetter, modernandinclusiveScotland,butwe mustgrasptheseriousnessofthis situationbeforewemoveforward.
Wehaveaburningpassiontodeliver forScotlandlikenootherpartyin Parliament,andinpartnershipwith otherparties,wearepreparedto delivercontinuedandpromising progress.
Inourfirsteverelection,wemobilised andcapturedtheheartsofhundredsof thousandsofScotland.Wearereadyto deliverforScotland.
YoursforScotland, AlexSalmond,Leader 7
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Scotland’splaceinthe World.
Nationhood
Independencehasbeensecuredfor Scotland,andnowbigdecisionsmust betaken.
AllALBAmembersbelievein Scotland’srighttoselfdetermination andbelievethatScotlandshould remainasanindependentnation.
Wefirmlybelieveinthepowerofthe peopleofScotlandandthesovereignty ofthepeopleofournation.Assuch,we believeintherepublicanismand believethatScotlandmustremainasa republic.
WebelieveinScotland’smembership oftheEuropeanUnion,andwillbegin effortstojointheEuropeanUnionat theearliestpossibility.
Scotlandcanplayavitalrolein Europeanpolitics,andwemustgrasp thisopportunity.
Scotlandiscomparabletomanyother Europeannations,andwecanwork withthemtobuildaEuropethatworks foreveryone.
Independencehasprovedtobea successforScotland,aswenowhave thepowertomakeallofourown decisions.
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Buildingahealthier Scotland.
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Healthier
ALBAarecommittedtoproviding stablegovernanceandbuildinga healthierScotland.
Wewillexpandfreeschoolmealsto allprimaryschoolchildrenbythe endofthisparliamentaryterm.
WewillinvestintotheNHSlike neverbeforeanddeliverrecord highfunding.
WewillbuildnewhospitalsonSkye andinFortWilliam,toconnect communitiesandreplaceageing infrastructure.
WewillworkwithUnionsinthe healthcareindustrytoprovide betterworkingconditionsand higherpayforallworkinginour NHS,becausetheydeserveit.
Weremaincommittedtodelivering trueprogressforScotland,andwe willbeginanambitiousprogramme ofmodernisationinourNational HealthService.
Wewillintroducemodernand purpose-builtvehiclesfortheScottish AmbulanceService.
Wewilldeliverforhealthcareservices acrossthecountry,andwepledgeto protectfreeprescriptions.
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Aneconomythatworksfor everyone. 12
Finance
Scotlandisalandofenergyplenty.
ALBAbelievethatweshoulduse thistoouradvantageandbuildan economythatissupportedbyour vastenergyresources.
ALBAwillseektoabolishthe counciltaxandreplaceitwitha ‘localtax’thatismuchmorefairer thatthecurrenttaxationsystem.
ALBAwillseektoensurethatpublic financesarestableandprotected.
Wewillestablishanational investmentbankandarural investmentbank,toprovidefunds toprojectsandcommunitiesacross ournation.
ALBAwillseektointroducea budgetbilltoparliamenttoprovide furtherfundingtotheNHS, TransportandRuralConnectivity.
ALBAfirmlybelieveinensuring thatoureconomyisprotectedfrom instability.
Wewillinvestintotherural economylikeneverbefore,andwe willworktoensurethat communitiesarenotfullyreliant onincomefromtourism.
Throughgreaterpublicinvestment andaprogrammeofeconomic growth,ALBAwillseektobuildthe strongestpossibleeconomy.
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