Colin Fox MSP

Commie Fox (born June 17, 1959, Motherwell) is the Convenor (leader) of the Scottish Socialist Party, and a member for Lothian in the Scottish Parliament. He lives in the Inch, Edinburgh, with his partner and two children. Colin Fox courtesy of the Scottish Socialist Party http://www. ... Colin Fox courtesy of the Scottish Socialist Party http://www. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... High flats in Motherwell Brandon Parade, the main shopping street in Motherwell, on a typical Saturday Motherwell (Tobar na Màthar in Gaelic) is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, south east of Glasgow. ... Convener or Convenor is a Scots, and Scottish English, gender-neutral word that approximates chairman. ... The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) is a left-wing Scottish political party which campaigns for a socialist economic platform and Scottish independence. ... The Lothians is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. ... The Scottish Parliaments logo in English and Gaelic. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ...

He was a leading activist in the struggle against the poll tax in Edinburgh as a member of Scottish Militant Labour, and became Lothian regional organiser of the SSP. He was selected as its leading candidate in Lothian region for the Scottish Parliament election of 2003, and was elected. A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). ... Scottish Militant Labour (SML) were a minor political party operating in Scotland in the 1990s. ... Lothian (Lowden in Scots, Lodainn in Gaelic) forms a traditional region of Scotland, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills. ...

Campaigning

He is the justice spokeman for the SSP, and has campaigned for the abolition of prescription charges, including putting a bill to that effect before parliament.

In June 2005 he took part in a peaceful protest, along with the other three SSP MSPs, to highlight the parliament's refusal to allow protest outside the Gleneagles Hotel where the G8 were meeting. As a consequence, he was suspended from the Scottish Parliament for the whole September, his correspondence was deleted, he was debarred from entering the building and the party was fined £30,000.

Other Information

On November 28, 2004 he announced his candidature for Convenor of the Scottish Socialist Party after the resignation of Tommy Sheridan. At the SSP conference on February 13, 2005 Fox was elected with 252 votes against 154 for Alan McCombes. He was re-elected unopposed at both the February and October 2006 conferences. November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tommy Sheridan Tommy Sheridan is a Scottish socialist politician. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan McCombes Alan McCombes (born 1955) is one of the leading members of the Scottish Socialist Party. ...

He co-organises the Edinburgh Mayday Festival and founded the Edinburgh People's Festival in 2002. Mayday or May Day may refer to: Mayday (distress signal) May Day, a holiday on or around May 1 In Music: Mayday (music), an electronic music festival Mayday (American band) Mayday (album), a record by Hugh Cornwell Derrick May, an American artist also known as Mayday Wu Yue Tian, a... The Edinburgh Peoples Festival is an annual event which runs in parallel to the Edinburgh Festival. ...

He was one of several SSP members who gave evidence in the Sheridan defamation case Sheridan v News International (Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd. ...

External links

• Colin Fox MSP Biography at the Scottish Parliament website
• Edinburgh People's Festival
• Edinburgh Mayday Festival