Thread by @_Ungagged

Support for independence has dropped in the last few polls - they show a majority for the union.

This could be for a number of reasons, but the turn does seem to start around the time Alex Salmond popped back up. His popularity in Scotland is rock bottom. It was the same during

Indyref1. This has since nosedived further since his attacks on the First Minister, and on the SNP- attacks, Alba supporters seem only too glad to amplify on social media. And Tory pages and donors are paying to push Salmond's face on to Facebook timelines as _they_ understand

his negative standing amongst voters.

Alba are averaging 2% in the polls, that average falsely high because of the obvious data collection problems of Panelbase after two outlier polls of 6% (the latest has seen a drop to 4%).

And those who are voting SNP are rejecting

this party, and in fact are expressing negative reactions to the Party.

When this election is over, the movement for independence really must reflect on the bubbles who promote "strong men" leaders, angry bloggers, Bannonite wedge politics, conspiracy theory and narcissist

spokesmen.

Those who feel safe amongst the fury of the anger spat by a section of the online "Yesser" population need to call this Alba campaign out for what it has been... The promotion of an egotistical drag on our movement, and a campaign designed to push a wedge into our

movement. And these people really must be pushed to the periphery of our campaign for independence before they totally kill it.