[Former SNP leadership candidate
Ash Regan defects to Alba party]
[Alba said her decision came after
increasing disillusionment with the SNP's leadership
and its "wavering commitment" to
Scottish independence.
Ms Regan, 49, was elected as SNP MSP
for Edinburgh Eastern
at the last election and becomes
the Alba party's first representative
at Holyrood.]
[She came third in the SNP leadership contest
won by Humza Yousaf in March.]
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