Regan is third candidate to be Scotland’s first minister, with Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf, with nominations closing at noon
The SNP has “dismantled” the Yes movement since the independence referendum, leadership candidate Ash Regan has said.
Speaking to the Herald, the former community safety minister hit out at the party’s current leadership, saying she will return the independence movement “back to the people”. Regan launches her campaign on Friday. She has told the paper:
In recent years, the wider Yes movement has become marginalised in the fight for independence. If elected, I intend to change that.
As a party, I don’t think we’ve listened enough to the groups who got us here. I know these people, because I campaigned side-by-side with them throughout the first referendum. The party has effectively dismantled the Yes campaign, but I want to reconstitute it once more.
