Ash Regan
Letters: Take off the blinkers: how can anyone vote for the SNP?
![Former heatlh secretary Michael Matheson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17729168.jpg)
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![John Swinney (Jane Barlow/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17696925.jpg)
![John Swinney (Jane Barlow/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17696925.jpg)
![Alba leader Alex Salmond](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18025479.jpg)
![Alba leader Alex Salmond](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18025479.jpg)
![Alba leader AAlex Salmond appears on Sunday with Laura Kuensssberg](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18020048.jpg)
![Alba leader AAlex Salmond appears on Sunday with Laura Kuensssberg](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18020048.jpg)
![Ash Regan said she wanted to see progress on independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18013323.jpg)
![Ash Regan said she wanted to see progress on independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18013323.jpg)
![Do this week's happenings show that Scottish devolution is not fit for purpose?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17860097.jpg)
![Do this week's happenings show that Scottish devolution is not fit for purpose?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17860097.jpg)
![Ash Regan could now hold the power in a vote of no confidence in the First Minister](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17991412.jpg)
![Ash Regan could now hold the power in a vote of no confidence in the First Minister](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17991412.jpg)
![Demonstrators protesting against the Hate Crime Act outside the Scottish Parliament on Monday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17929086.jpg)
![Demonstrators protesting against the Hate Crime Act outside the Scottish Parliament on Monday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17929086.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17387075.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17387075.jpg)
![Alba hits out at 'time wasting' SNP over lack of independence 'action'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16470555.jpg)
![Alba hits out at 'time wasting' SNP over lack of independence 'action'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16470555.jpg)
![Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17485644.jpg)
![Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17485644.jpg)
2023 in review
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16694470.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16694470.jpg)
Review of the year
![Gender Recognition Reform: Yousaf taking legal advice on appealing Section 35 defeat](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17536283.jpg)
![Gender Recognition Reform: Yousaf taking legal advice on appealing Section 35 defeat](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17536283.jpg)
Updated
![Lady Dorrian reacts to a question from Green MSP Maggie Chapman](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17501896.jpg)
![Lady Dorrian reacts to a question from Green MSP Maggie Chapman](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17501896.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17391981.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17391981.jpg)
![Ginger wars: Ash Regan and Ross Greer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17405540.jpg)
![Ginger wars: Ash Regan and Ross Greer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17405540.jpg)
![Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson during a Cabinet meeting in September, 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12741110.jpg)
![Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson during a Cabinet meeting in September, 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12741110.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16470555.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16470555.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17391981.jpg)
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![Ash Regan: My constituents voted for progress on independence so I won't be resigning](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17387376.jpg)
![Ash Regan: My constituents voted for progress on independence so I won't be resigning](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17387376.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17380787.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17380787.jpg)
Explained in five
!['I've been strung along by the SNP:' South Ayrshire councillor defects to Alba](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17384933.jpg)
!['I've been strung along by the SNP:' South Ayrshire councillor defects to Alba](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17384933.jpg)
Updated
![Former Scottish government minister Ash Regan, who defected to Alba at the weekend](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16542479.jpg)
![Former Scottish government minister Ash Regan, who defected to Alba at the weekend](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16542479.jpg)
Profile
![Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17381173.jpg)
![Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17381173.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17380787.jpg)
![Ash Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17380787.jpg)
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![Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17380660.jpg)
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Updated
![SNP leadership candidates from left Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602383.jpg)
![SNP leadership candidates from left Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602383.jpg)
![Former SNP leadership contender Ash Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16542479.jpg)
![Former SNP leadership contender Ash Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16542479.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16881233.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16881233.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf, Ash Regan and Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16826511.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf, Ash Regan and Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16826511.jpg)
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![Waiting for independence to reach 60 per cent is 'mental' says Regan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16542479.jpg)
![Waiting for independence to reach 60 per cent is 'mental' says Regan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16542479.jpg)
![Ash Regan has 'sympathy' for calls to rerun SNP leadership contest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602900.jpg)
![Ash Regan has 'sympathy' for calls to rerun SNP leadership contest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602900.jpg)
![These are troubled times for Humza Yousaf, with even more problems on the horizon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16542038.jpg)
![These are troubled times for Humza Yousaf, with even more problems on the horizon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16542038.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf, former Health Secretary, delivers a statement to the Scottish Parliament](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16606896.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf, former Health Secretary, delivers a statement to the Scottish Parliament](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16606896.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking on the first day of the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Edinburgh, February 17, 2023. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16605806.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking on the first day of the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Edinburgh, February 17, 2023. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16605806.jpg)
![SNP deputy leader at Westminster Mhairi Black.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10917087.jpg)
![SNP deputy leader at Westminster Mhairi Black.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10917087.jpg)
![SNP leadership candidates from left Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes as the results were announced yesterday with Mr Yousaf winning the contest.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602383.jpg)
![SNP leadership candidates from left Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes as the results were announced yesterday with Mr Yousaf winning the contest.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602383.jpg)
![Scots are worried about the future, poll finds](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12443831.jpg)
![Scots are worried about the future, poll finds](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12443831.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf calls for party unity as he narrowly beats Kate Forbes in bitter battle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602752.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf calls for party unity as he narrowly beats Kate Forbes in bitter battle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602752.jpg)
![Scotland's new First Minister — Live](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602450.jpg)
![Scotland's new First Minister — Live](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602450.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf wins SNP contest to be next First Minister. Photo PA.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602511.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf wins SNP contest to be next First Minister. Photo PA.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602511.jpg)
Updated
![Humza Yousaf to be new First Minister](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16600613.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf to be new First Minister](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16600613.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf pictured today after being elected SNP leader.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16602916.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf pictured today after being elected SNP leader.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16602916.jpg)
![SNP depute leader Keith Brown.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10437368.jpg)
![SNP depute leader Keith Brown.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10437368.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf reacts as his victory is announced. Now it is down to work](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16603440.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf reacts as his victory is announced. Now it is down to work](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16603440.jpg)
![Kate Forbes insists SNP absolutely united' despite Humza Yousaf's narrow victory](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16603929.jpg)
![Kate Forbes insists SNP absolutely united' despite Humza Yousaf's narrow victory](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16603929.jpg)
![How](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16603248.jpg)
![How](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16603248.jpg)
![Gaffes, God and ghosts: the twists and turns of the brutal SNP leadership race](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16492939.jpg)
![Gaffes, God and ghosts: the twists and turns of the brutal SNP leadership race](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16492939.jpg)
![Dawn of a new era as next First Minister to be revealed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16600343.jpg)
![Dawn of a new era as next First Minister to be revealed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16600343.jpg)
![Outgoing SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pictured greeting party members after a conference speech. Photo PA.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9830537.jpg)
![Outgoing SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pictured greeting party members after a conference speech. Photo PA.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9830537.jpg)
![A Bute House meeting between Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon in July 2019](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10208384.jpg)
![A Bute House meeting between Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon in July 2019](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10208384.jpg)
LETTERS
![Harvie warns of impotence of opposition as Greens await new SNP leader](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16599559.jpg)
![Harvie warns of impotence of opposition as Greens await new SNP leader](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16599559.jpg)
![SNP leadership candidates, from left Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16597101.jpg)
![SNP leadership candidates, from left Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16597101.jpg)
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