Glasgow councillor quits SNP to join Alex Salmond's Alba Party as defections continue
Scotland's largest local authority but will now try to win election as an MSP in May.The councillor for the Shettleston ward will stand on the Glasgow list at the forthcoming Scottish Parliament poll.Salmond stunned the Scottish political world last week when he announced the establishment of a new pro-independence party.Two SNP MPs - Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey - quit Nicola Sturgeon's party over the weekend to join Salmond's new movement.Ferns is the fourth serving councillor to join Alba.