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History of the Scottish National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The party was founded in 1934 as the result of a merger between the National Party of Scotland (NPS) and the Scottish Party. There was also another internal grouping formed within the party, primarily as a response to the growth of the 79 Group entitled the Campaign for Nationalism in Scotland, with the support of traditionalists such as Winnie Ewing. This became the party's initial position on the constitutional status of Scotland as a result of a compromise between the NPS, who did support independence, and the Scottish Party who were devolutionists. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Scottish_National_Party   (4060 words)

National Party of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National Party of Scotland (NPS) was formed in 1928 after John MacCormick of the Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association (GUSNA) called a meeting of all those favouring the establishment of a party favouring Scottish independence. This small party did not last long and had a small membership and was formed by expelled members of the SNP who had been involved with the 55 Group. Increasingly the two parties began to co-operate, and when the Scottish Party chose to contest the Kilmarnock by-election in November 1933 the NPS endorsed their candidate. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Party_of_Scotland   (364 words)

Chapter 5 - The Scottish National Party in the Nineteen Thirties It was, therefore, with some consternation that leading members of the National Party of Scotland viewed the intervention of the Scottish Party, in the form of Andrew Dewar Gibb as their candidate, in a by-election in Kilmarnock late in 1933. His position as secretary of the National Party of Scotland enabled him to forge understandings and contacts with the more right wing and gradualist organisation, the Scottish Party, which was headed by such dignitaries as the Duke of Montrose, Sir Alexander MacEwan and Andrew Dewar Gibb. Some of the former members of the Scottish Party departed the scene but, whilst this helped a little in producing some semblance of cohesion, the fundamental problem of claril~4ng whether the SNP was a "movement" or a political party, with a programme of action which would gain the independence of Scotland, remained unresolved. www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/mcintyre/chap5.htm   (989 words)

Scottish Socialist Party The Scottish Socialist Party is a part of the Scottish Free School Meals Campaign along with CPAG Scotland, One Plus, Poverty Alliance, Scottish Youth Parliament, UNISON, EIS, SSTA, BMA, STUC Women's Committee, Scottish Local Government Forum against Poverty, Members of the Scottish Churches Social Inclusion Network, Dundee Anti-Poverty Forum. Across Scotland SSP members are at the forefront of campaigns to save hospitals from closure or 'rationalisation' in health board speak. democratic party based on the principle of one person one vote. www.scottishsocialistparty.org   (893 words)

History (from Scottish National Party) --  Encyclopædia Britannica The SNP was formed in 1934 from a union of the National Party of Scotland (founded in 1928) and the Scottish Party (1932). The National Party was long dedicated to policies of apartheid and white supremacy, but by the early 1990s it had begun moving toward sharing power with South Africa's black majority. Timeline of the principal events in the history of this American political party, from the Democratic National Committee, Washington, D.C., U.S. Covers its diplomatic and national achievements. www.britannica.com /eb/article-214922?tocId=214922   (813 words)

Scotland: Scottish National Party in crisis The membership of the party is overwhelmingly based in the rural area of north-east Scotland. The Scottish National Party (SNP) is still reeling from their drubbing in the May 1st elections to the Scottish parliament. Swinney and his supporters are planning a major overhaul of the party constitution aimed at centralising control in the SNP's headquarters. www.socialistworld.net /eng/2003/08/17scotland.html   (586 words)

Chapter 7 - Arthur Donaldson He joined the National Party of Scotland in 1928, as an overseas member, and Scotland’s political and economic plight was never far from his thoughts. Donaldson’s views prompted a reply from Roland E Muirhead (President of the National Party of Scotland) to the effect: "You (Donaldson) say that the Party has gone back to the exploded Home Rule programme. In the mid-1930’s, now with a family (a daughter, Beth, and a second child expected) Vi was persuaded to return to Scotland to assess the situation. www.electricscotland.com /history/mcintyre/chap7.htm   (1416 words)

GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: A Brief History - Scotland between the Wars The National Party of Scotland was formed to press for some form of devolution from England that would satisfy the majority of its members. Accordingly, the NPS had to convince the electorate that it was not just a "spoiler" party, but that it was carefully and judiciously formulating policies that could raise their standard of living in an independent Scotland and address the chronic problems of poor housing, inadequate health services, lack of educational opportunities and high unemployment. In 1951, a Minister of State, based in Scotland, was created to act as deputy to the Secretary. www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/scot15a.html   (1188 words)

US navy to bomb tip of Scotland - Europe Today Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond said: "America has an abundance of its own natural coastline. Scotland is now at the receiving end of the 'special relationship' between Britain and America." They will be allowed to drop high-explosive bombs, and fire shells and missiles at the tiny island of Garvie and at a restricted area on the mainland for several weeks. nucnews.net /2000/du/99du/991216eu.htm   (347 words)

Scotsman.com News - Scottish National Party - Scotland's '30 wasted years' He was expected to say the party must offer more than simply appealing to Scottish hearts through independence, and must build a policy platform around a social democratic, centre-left ethos. And, earlier this week, the Scottish Nationalists claimed the oil wealth meant Scots were now subsidising the rest of the UK to the tune of £3.5 billion a year. In his keynote speech, Mr Salmond was also to urge party members to fight hard for victory at the next Holyrood elections. news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=324&id=1983662005   (676 words)

Akerbeltz.org - Official Status for Gaelic Schedule 1 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c.61, Schedule 1, s.1-(1)(c)) enumerates among the requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen that the applicant “has a sufficient knowledge of the English, Welsh or Scottish Gaelic language”. Whether Gaelic could move to point 2, either throughout Scotland or only within the Highlands and/or Islands, depends to a substantial extent on the extent of the Scottish electorate’s willingness to be “impractical” regarding Gaelic’s rôle in the legal system and, perhaps more to the point, to spend money indulging that “impracticality”. The landmark Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 (49 and 50 Vict. www.akerbeltz.org /rannsachadh/officialstatus.htm   (7725 words)

presentation.html Period culminates in the formation of the Scottish National Party in 1934, from a merger of the SP and NPS (itself a conglomeration of many smaller groups). The nationalist movement in Scotland has been largely played out within the realm of parliamentary politics, in stark contrast to the violent sectarian militantism of their Celtic cousins just across the Irish Sea. Union of the Crowns: death of Elizabeth I w/o a direct heir means that James VI of Scotland (the son of Mary Queen of Scots) becomes King James I of England, uniting the two monarchies. instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/govt100.3/presentation.html   (1465 words)

New Statesman: Scotland: the "fundies" keep quiet - Scottish National Party With no effective Tory party in Scotland, it could be very healthy to have a gradualist SNP operating as a check on Labour at Holyrood. The Secretary of State for Scotland, Donald Dewar, was advised to cancel a visit to Alloa with Simpson last month after news that a Coats Viyella factory was to close with the loss of 200 jobs. Unemployment in Scotland is rising, bucking the national trend. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4432_128/ai_54682915   (1252 words)

What factors account for variation in the types of party system to be found in different European countries? Scotland and Wales oppose English dominance, and Ireland, Wales and Scotland all have independence movements and parties, for example Plaid Cymru in Wales and the Scottish National Party of Scotland. This is reflected in the German party system, for example, with the rise of the Green Party, which is predominantly concerned with environmental issues. PR is often criticised as a platform for extremist parties, but Germany has a 5% voting threshold, or minimum of three district seats, below which there is no representation. www.coursework.info /i/12538.html   (699 words)

University of Delaware: HUGH MacDIARMID: AN EXHIBITION MacDiarmid's communism led to his expulsion from the National Party of Scotland; ironically, he was expelled from the Communist Party in 1938 for nationalist deviation, though he later was allowed to rejoin the Party in 1956. MacDiarmid was elected as a Socialist Town Councilor and county Justice of the Peace when he lived in Montrose; he was also active in Scottish Nationalist politics and was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland which was formed in 1928. He had been active in Fabian Society and Labour Party work as early as 1908 and was a regular contributor to A.R. Orage's The New Age where he began his lifelong fascination with the Social Credit economic theories of Major C.H. Douglas. www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/diarmid   (1093 words)

Scottish National Party - dKosopedia The Scottish National Party was formed in 1934 by the merger of the National Party of Scotland (a group of former Liberals and Labourites who favored Scottish independence) and the Scottish Party (a group of former Conservatives who favored Home Rule, ie autonomy within the UK). The party only won five seats in the UK general election of 2001, and with the emergence of the Scottish Socialist Party and the Scottish Green Party, the SNP is no longer the sole advocate of Scottish independence. In the 1997 general election, the SNP won six seats; due to the Conservative Party's failure to win any seats outside England, this made the SNP the second-largest party in Scotland. www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Scottish_National_Party   (333 words)

Serbia Info News / British island is drowning in lies The most powerful party in Scotland - The National Party of Scotland - strongly disassociated from its country's aggression on Yugoslavia. The leader of the party, Alex Salmond appeared in front of TV cameras and compared the bombing of Belgrade to Hitler's bombing of London in WWII. This is the first case that one party represented in Parliament on Westminster condemns Blair's aggression. www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-03/30/10261.html   (435 words)

Union party on Encyclopedia.com Eli HAZEEV a member of the Kach ultranationalist Jewish party who was of American origin, was killed in May 1980 in front of Hadassa House.He is buried in the old J (PAR29911) Father Charles E. Coughlin, Dr. Francis E. Townsend, and Gerald L. Smith, who had succeeded the recently assassinated Huey Long as the leader of the Share-the-Wealth movement, were the prime movers in the new party. The Union party was hardly more than a name; very few Democrats were attracted, and the party reverted to its Republican designation in 1868. www.encyclopedia.com /html/U/Unionpar.asp   (907 words)

Timetable to Devolution Scotland Act passed, but with an amendment that referendum must be held and that a 'yes' vote must be recorded by 40% of the TOTAL electorate. After the election result several rallies are held in Scotland and a vigil is set up outside the Old Royal High School - the symbol of the Scottish Parliament. Mrs Thatcher sweeps to power - one of her first acts is to repeal the Scotland Act www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/2653/timetable.htm   (424 words)

Scotland: Whites Troubled As Multiracialists Continue to Attack Free Speech Just twelve months ago a British National Party (BNP) Scotland activist walked out of the Victorian prison at Barlinnie on the outskirts of Glasgow, having served two out of his four months jail sentence for distributing material which was found by a Glasgow Sheriff to "be likely to incite racial violence,” reports the BNP: Pollokshields is an area of Scotland's biggest city which has a large Asian population and the leaflet went on to state that the area could well see the kind of violence which was seen in the mill towns of northern England. For stating the simple truth the activist was jailed for four months, in addition he lost his job and the level of BNP activity in Glasgow was consequently scaled down.” www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=1691   (419 words)

Hugh MacDiarmid However, he was later expelled from the party because of his Marxist views. He was a member of the Independent Labour Party. Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) was born in Langholm, Scotland, in 1892. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Jmacdiarmid.htm   (143 words)

Scottish Green Party :: Home The move further distanced the Executive from the growing momentum in Parliament and civic society to protect the human rights of those in Scotland. The scheme is now being called the "Scottish Citizen Account Card", and it is feared that the cards may be linked to a database of all Scots, not just those who choose to sign up for the card. Having previously denied that their "entitlement card" would be linked to any database, Scottish Ministers now seem set to give the green light for a Scottish identity database run by councils, which could be linked not only to the Scottish card but also to the UK's national ID scheme. www.scottishgreens.org.uk   (744 words)

Home Page — SNP - Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party has launched a campaign calling for Scotland to have control of its own energy. I'm at a loss as to why the people of Scotland lack the self respect to stand on their own two feet and 'leave the hoose'. The SNP is planning a series of events around Scotland to mark St Andrew's Day on 30 November. www.snp.org.uk   (253 words)

Jamie Halcro Johnston In this regard, it is clear that the Conservatives are Scotland’s true national party. The Scottish Conservatives are Scotland’s true national party. The reality is that if Alex Salmond and his colleagues really cared about Scotland’s fishing industry and regiments, they would do the honest thing and encourage people to vote Scottish Conservative on May 5th. www.jamiehj.blogspot.com   (1298 words)

British National Party - Scotland's celebrated master of verse British National Party - Scotland's celebrated master of verse © ® 2004, 2005 British National Party, PO Box 287, Waltham Cross, Herts, EN8 8ZU. His mingled with the intelligentsia of the Edinburgh based Scottish artistic establishment and has over 500 odes and poems to his credit. www.bnp.org.uk /news_detail.php?newsId=141   (125 words)

Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2001019442 It is both a concise history of Scotland as a nation and a study of the development of national feeling, covering the growth of the Scottish National Party and Scotland's relationship with England and the wider world. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Scotland Politics and government, National characteristics, Scottish, Nationalism Scotland History, Scotland Relations England, England Relations Scotland, Home rule Scotland Scottish Nationality gives a full survey of the Scottish political identity from the earliest times. www.loc.gov /catdir/description/hol051/2001019442.html   (119 words)

British National Party - Chairman Nick Griffin - Working to secure a future for British children Well there is a solution, an answer to your understandable concerns and that is to look at the pages of the website of the British National Party. British National Party - Chairman Nick Griffin - Working to secure a future for British children © ® 2004, 2005 British National Party, PO Box 287, Waltham Cross, Herts, EN8 8ZU. www.bnp.org.uk   (211 words)

Dundee City Council Scotland - Scottish National Party, Dundee East Constituency Dundee City Council Scotland - Scottish National Party, Dundee East Constituency AIMS: The SNP is a democratic, left-of-centre political party committed to Scottish Independence. It aims to create a just, caring and enterprising society in the mainstream of modern Europe, by releasing Scotland's full potential as an independent nation. www.dundeecity.gov.uk /orgs/orx0120.htm   (77 words)

National Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (A country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism) Jamaica - (Click link for more info and facts about People's National Party) People's National Party (One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea) Isle of Man - (Click link for more info and facts about Manx National Party) Manx National Party National Party or Nationalist Party can refer to several political parties, including: www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Na/National_Party.htm   (991 words)

An Index to Modern Political Manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland papers of the Scottish Secretariat and of R E Muirhead including material regarding the Scottish Home Rule Association, National Party of Scotland, Scottish National Party, Scottish National Congress, c1920-c1960. SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY: Acc.6679, Acc.7295, Acc.10754 and Acc.11987. MCINTYRE (Robert D.), Scottish National Party M.P. for Motherwell and Wishaw 1945: Acc.10090. www.nls.uk /catalogues/online/political-mss/6.html   (194 words)

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