by Niall Christie

Scotland editor

A NEWLY announced candidate for Alex Salmond’s Alba Party has been forced to apologise over anti-vax tweets and criticism of homeless people. 

Former Commonwealth WBO super-featherweight world champion boxer Alex Arthur announced on Monday that he is to stand as an MSP in May’s Holyrood election on the Lothians list. 

Mr Arthur will be one of the high-profile candidates in Mr Salmond’s new party, which is hoping to gain regional votes from the SNP in an attempt to win a pro-independence “supermajority.”