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Post-Doc at the University of Glasgow 🎓 Researching the role of narrative & emotions in nuclear deterrence & disarmament 🚀
Mar 31, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Someone asked to see how Alba's interactions over the past week compared to the other major parties in Scotland, so here you go: In terms of daily averages of Facebook interactions over the past week, here's the leaderboard of Scottish parties:

1⃣ SNP (20,122)
2⃣Tories (6641)
3⃣The Greens (1429)
4⃣Labour (994)
5⃣Alba (732)
Mar 31, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read
Before we have polls to indicate how the Alba Party might do in the upcoming Scottish elections I thought I'd have a quick look at what social media tells us about their support...

#Holyrood2021 #SP2021 Alba officially launched last week, and since then they have gained:

⚫️ 8868 Twitter followers

⚫️ 1518 Facebook followers

Those don't feel like the levels of support I would expect a popular party with electoral potential to have. In fact I'm surprised by how small it is...