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The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) is a left-wing [6] [7] political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent socialist Scottish republic. The party was founded in 1998. [ 8 ] It campaigns for Scottish independence, against cuts to public services and welfare and for democratic public ownership of the economy.
This is a list of Scottish Socialist Party MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who have sat as Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) members of the Scottish Parliament. A total of six people have served as SSP MPs. Tommy Sheridan was elected at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, and five more SSP MSP were elected at the ...
The Scottish Liberal Democrats are the Scottish wing of the Great Britain-wide Liberal Democrats party. It is a centrist, social liberal and British unionist party. The British Liberal Democrats they are part of were formed in 1988 when the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party merged.
Colin Fox (born 17 June 1959) is a Scottish socialist politician and left-wing activist, serving as national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) since 2005. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region from 2003 to 2007.
The forerunner of the SSP was the Scottish Socialist Alliance (SSA), a coalition of left-wing bodies in Scotland formed in 1996. [1] [2] Around 400 people attended the SSA's launch rally in Glasgow in February 1996, which attracted socialists and communists from various party backgrounds. [3]
[4] [5] He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 1999 to 2007. Sheridan was active as a Militant entryist in the Labour Party until 1989 when Labour expelled him, [6] and became a member of Scottish Militant Labour (SML), which eventually became the core of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP).
Members of the Scottish Parliament by political party. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ... Scottish Socialist Party ...
All those who are now or ever have been Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Pages in category "Scottish Socialist Party MSPs" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.