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Encyclopedia > Scottish Independence Party
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The Scottish Independence Party (SIP) is a Scottish political party, which was formed prior to the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003. Image File history File links Siplb. ... Image File history File links Siplb. ... The Scottish parliamentary election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. ...


They have no fixed policy portfolio, beyond Scottish independence. They argue that this is necessary in order to encompass the support of any person seeking an independent Scotland without having to accept extraneous policies that they may find exclusive or unrepresentative. Walter Thomas Monningtons 1925 painting called Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland 1707 hangs in the Palace of Westminster depicting the official presentation of the law that formed the United Kingdom of Great Britain. ...


Their primary campaigns, to date, have been directed at safeguarding the independence of Scots law and encouraging the development of Scotland's international relations. Scots law (or Scottish law) is the law of Scotland. ...


The SIP contested the Airdrie and Shotts seat in the 2005 general election with Josey Rowan as their candidate. This was their first electoral contest and they polled poorly, gathering only 337 votes, 1% of the total votes cast in the constituency. Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... Josey (Joseph) Rowan, born 1971 in Coatbridge, Scotland is the Party Leader of the Scottish Independence Party. ...


Senior Office Holders

  • Josey Rowan - Party Leader
  • Mikey Aziz - Depute Leader
  • Alaine McKelvie - Treasurer
  • Bill Stair - Chief Administrator
  • Andrew McDiarmid - USA Representative

Josey (Joseph) Rowan, born 1971 in Coatbridge, Scotland is the Party Leader of the Scottish Independence Party. ... Mikey Aziz, born in 1967 is the Scottish Independence Partys Deputy Leader. ...

See also

In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ...

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Scottish National Party: Information from Answers.com (2182 words)
The SNP was formed in 1934 from the merger of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party.
Contrary to the expectations of many, the SNP are not an expressly republican party and the general view within the party is that this is an issue secondary to that of Scottish independence.
However, the party's MPs who in the main represented seats won from the Conservatives were less keen to have the SNP viewed as a left-of-centre alternative to Labour, for fear of losing their seats back to the Conservatives.
Scottish independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2203 words)
Scottish independence is advocated by the political movement of Scottish people that desires that Scotland secede from the United Kingdom and once again become a sovereign independent state as it was prior to 1707.
Demands for Scottish independence are based on the idea that Scotland, as a nation with her own strong identifiable culture, separate legal, banking and education system from that of England, ought ultimately to secede from the United Kingdom and revert to the independent status it had before 1707.
Scottish independence is currently supported most notably by the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Green Party, Solidarity (Scotland), and the Scottish Socialist Party; as well as Margo MacDonald (a former SNP member) and other independent members of the Scottish parliament.
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