The Scottish party was the name of two organisations, one now defunct, and the other now called the Free Scotland Party.
Scottish Party (1932)
The Scottish Party was formed in 1932 by a group of members of the Conservative Party who favoured the establishment of a devolved Scottish Parliament within the United Kingdom. They were opposed to the existent National Party of Scotland (NPS) on the grounds that they favoured full independence for Scotland, and also disagreed with the left-of-centre platform of the NPS.
The Scottish Party initially acted more as a think-tank than an active political party, but received overtures from the founder of the NPS, John MacCormick to merge with the NPS to unify the elements of the Scottish Nationalist movement. The party's candidate for the November 1933 by-election in Kilmarnock received NPS backing, and this co-operation was firmed up by the merger of the two parties in 1934 to become the Scottish National Party.
Scottish Party (2004)
On January 1, 2004 a former SNP parliamentary candidate and a party activist in the Shetland IslandsBrian Nugent announced that he was forming his own pro-independence party, the Scottish Party in response to what he perceived to be an unquestioning acceptance of the European Union by the SNP.
The ScottishParty was formed in 1932 by a group of members of the Conservative Party who favoured the establishment of a devolved Scottish Parliament within the United Kingdom.
The ScottishParty initially acted more as a think-tank than an active political party, but received overtures from the founder of the NPS, John MacCormick to merge with the NPS to unify the elements of the Scottish Nationalist movement.
The party's candidate for the November 1933 by-election in Kilmarnock received NPS backing, and this co-operation was firmed up by the merger of the two parties in 1934 to become the Scottish National Party.
Scottish Militant Labour (which had itself formed out of the Trotskyist Militant Tendency in the early 1990s) drove the formation of the SSA.
Major disagreement has surrounded the party policy of independence for Scotland, a central policy of the SRSP when it was active, largely accepted by Scottish Miltiant Labour, but opposed by the SWP on internationalist grounds.
Delegates to the SSP conference voted on February 13, 2005 and Fox was elected with 252 votes to McCombes' 154; 9 delegates abstained and 1 ballot paper was spoilt.
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