Frances Curran is a member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland. She is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party, and the convenor of its International Committee. Frances Curran courtesy of the Scottish Socialist Party. ... Frances Curran courtesy of the Scottish Socialist Party. ... The Scottish Parliament (PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ...
She was formerly a member of the Labour Party while simultaneously denying her actual membership of the Militant Tendency, a separate political party oppearing covertly within Labour's ranks. The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Militant Tendency was a Trotskyist faction within the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, accused of entryist tactics. ...
As a member of the Labour Party she served as Youth representative on the party's National Executive Committee as a representative of the Militant-dominated Labour Party Young Socialists in the early 1980s. The Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) were established by the British Labour Party following the collapse of the earlier Young Socialists following the expulsion of the entryist Socialist Labour League (which became the Workers Revolutionary Party) in 1961. ...
In July 2005 Frances played a leading role in organising the peaceful protest which took place outside Gleneagles at the 2005 G8 Summit - as part of the G8 Alternatives group. The previous week she, and other SSP MSPs took part in a protest within the Scottish Parliament which led to them being suspended for the month of September. This protest was due to the First Minister going back on his word that the parliament would support the rally outside the Perthshire hotel.
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