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	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) was formed in February 2003, in time to contest that year's elections to the Scottish Parliament.
		Swinburne was inspired to form the party after reading the UK government's plans for pensions in December 2002: he felt it was unfair that people may have to work longer in the future and consequently have less time to enjoy their retirement.
		John Swinburne is the SSCUP's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament, representing Central Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Senior_Citizens_Unity_Party (187 words)

	Pensioners Party (Scotland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pensioners Party are a minor political party operating in Scotland.
		They were formed to contest the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 and formed an electoral pact with another new party, the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) whereby they did not stand candidates against each other.
		They were formed with the intention of getting a better deal for pensioners in Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Pensioners_Party (115 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of political parties in Scotland
		The Scottish Parliament (PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland.
		The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office).
		Scottish independence // Overview Scotland is one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-political-parties-in-Scotland (1428 words)

	MARXISMALIVE 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Militant’s growth came because of its orientation to the Labour Party and took the space that was left by the deepening sectarianism of the Trotskyist Workers Revolutionary Party in the 1970s, which had been the biggest Trotskyist organisation in Britain.
		The formation of the Scottish Socialist Party in 1998, was completely opposed by Peter Taaffe and the leadership of the Committee for a Workers International that had been formed by the British Militant tendency “mother party”.
		It was correct to form the Scottish Socialist Party, as it was correct to form the Scottish Socialist Alliance and the Socialist Alliance in England and Wales.
	www.marxismalive.org /ralph7ing.html (3134 words)

	The Scotsman - Politics - Minority parties give the majors something to think about (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pensioners, hospital campaigners and fishermen have all tapped into a sense of disillusionment with national politicians, and because of Scotland’s method of electing MSPs, they could, at the very least, put the mainstream parties under a great deal of pressure.
		The intervention of the New Party, which describes itself as being centre-right, has already infuriated leaders of the Scottish Conservatives, who branded Robert Durward, its millionaire backer, as a fascist, having seized on his remarks two years ago that the army should be brought in to run public services during the foot-and-mouth crisis.
		THE Pensioners Party, formed last June, claims there is a lack of respect for elderly people in Scotland and that all too often, Scotland’s senior citizens are regarded as a nuisance and a burden.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=163962003 (1935 words)

	Scotland Guide - Government and Politics - Scottish Elections
		Thereafter the first Thursday in May at fixed 4 year intervals unless the parliament is dissolved early due to a vote of no confidence or failure to form a government.
		Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 372,213 (16.14%) 18 All
		Scottish Family and Pensioners' Party 1,373 (0.06%) C
	www.siliconglen.com /Scotland/19_14.html (190 words)

	Pensioners' party aims for Asian MSP - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The election of the Scottish parliament's first fl MSP moved a step closer yesterday as a political party representing pensioners announced it was close to a deal aimed at securing supportÊamongÊtheÊMuslim community in Glasgow.
		JohnÊSwinburne,Êfounder and sole MSP of the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party, said he was in the middle of Òextremely promisingÓ discussions with a senior member of the Central Mosque in Glasgow under which a Muslim would be placed top of the SSCUP Glasgow list at the next Holyrood elections.
		Speaking at his party's inaugural AGM at Motherwell Football Club, Swinburne said after only five months in existence the party was already intending to fight every seat and region in Scotland at the next elections and was aiming for between 12 and 20 MSPs.
	www.sundayherald.com /34969 (440 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Politics - Pensioners to fight for Holyrood seats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Pensioners Party of Scotland - which will fight on the regional lists - claims elderly people are often regarded as a nuisance and their needs are ignored.
		The manifesto claims none of the established parties has shown a genuine interest in the welfare of pensioners in the past and there is no reason to believe they will do so in the future.
		The Pensioners Party is the latest in a growing list of new parties with plans to fight the elections in May. Fishermen, business people and hospital campaigners are all planning to field candidates, as well as the embryonic far-right New Party.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=141812003 (543 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Week in Review - Comment - The political minnows in profile
		THE Scottish Green party has been at the forefront of the campaign to encourage the public to cast their second vote for an alternative party.
		STANDING on a platform of raising the state pension and combating violence against the elderly, the Scottish Pensioners’ Party (SPP), and its sister party the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) are angling for the grey second vote.
		The SPP’s policies also include a right "to die with dignity", which could involve the use of lethal injections for the terminally ill. Key SSCUP policies include personal alarms for all vulnerable elderly people, a cut in road tax for the over-60s, and a Scottish Lottery.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /comment.cfm?id=480212003 (636 words)

	Scottish Fishing Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Fishing Party were formed to contest the (Click link for more info and facts about Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003) Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Scottish National Party) Scottish National Party were fearful that this may result in the loss of vital votes for them as traditionally they have won the majority of the votes of those involved in the Scottish fishing industry.
		However the Fishing Party polled poorly and did not win many votes at the 2003 election.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sc/Scottish_Fishing_Party.htm (155 words)

	Political Articles (Scottish) by Joe Middleton & Others
		The Scottish people for this purpose is to be identified in civic, not ethnic, terms: all those who make Scotland their main home have equal rights to participate in the choice for or against independence.
		The ‘Scottish Republican Socialist Clubs’ were a cross party group formed in May, 1974 to unite Scottish Nationalist and the British “left” towards the traditional goal of a Scottish Socialist Republic and influence opinion towards the minimum demand of Devolution and the Maximum demand of a Socialist Republic.
		The party realised at that point that it was the working classes who were the most enthusiastic for devolution and realised that a left wing shift could potentially undermine (and hopefully replace) Labour amongst the public’s affections.
	www.geocities.com /joe_middleton_sco/political.htm (14952 words)

	List of political parties in Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Parties represented in the Scottish Parliament (in order of number of representatives):
		Labour Party - Centre-left, unionist - 50 MSPs
		Communist Party of Scotland - formed after collapse of CPGB in early 1990s
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /List_of_political_parties_in_Scotland (187 words)

	Sunday Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most pensioners are currently entitled to the state pension plus the means-tested “pension credit”, which was introduced by Chancellor Gordon Brown to reward elderly people on low incomes with modest savings.
		But SNP research has revealed that half of all Scottish pensioners eligible for the credit are not claiming it, findings that have led to Alex Salmond’s party to call for the system to be scrapped.
		The party claims that over half the total cost of tax relief on pension contributions is received by the richest 10% of taxpayers.
	www.sundayherald.com /print45747 (324 words)

	Free Scotland Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This project evolved from the Scottish Party to the Free Scotland Party.
		This name change was precipitated by the fact that the UK Electoral Commission refused to allow them to register the name Scottish Party, resulting in a new name becoming necessary.
		The FSP had stated their intention to run candidates in the 2004 (Click link for more info and facts about European Parliament) European Parliament election but in the end did not, citing the £5,000 deposit as being a factor.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fr/Free_Scotland_Party.htm (143 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 14 Jun 2000 (pt 3)
		When pensioners realise that, they will know who the true friends of pensioners are, and who are their true enemies.
		Indeed, if we take out the increases for pensioners, child benefit and the working families tax credit, which are deliberate increases in the social security budget, it is falling in real terms whereas under the Conservatives it rose by an average of 4 per cent.
		The Conservative party predictions on the minimum wage were wrong; the Conservative party predictions on the recession were wrong; and I think that some of the other Conservative party predictions being made at the moment about Tory gains are probably wrong too.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000614/debtext/00614-03.htm (3830 words)

	Falkirk East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By the time of the 1999 Scottish election, Labour in Falkirk were in near revolt after being savaged by the Blairites Loyalists.
		In the Scottish general elections, there was a 10.2 % swing from labour to the SNP in Falkirk East and Cathy Peattie was elected with a majority of 4,139 over Keith Brown.
		Employed by A Unison official and local government officer in Stirling, Keith Brown was elected as councillor for the Clackmannan ward Alva in a dramatic by-election contest in 1996.
	www.alba.org.uk /scot03constit/c05.html (1624 words)

	Pensioners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Croatian Party of Pensioners 1: The '''Croatian Party of Pensioners ''' (Croatian languageCroatian : ''Hrvatska St 3: The Party was formed because most pensioners live poorly.
		Scottish Pensioners Party 1: The '''Pensioners Party''' are a minor political party operatin 3: d with the intention of getting a better deal for pensioners in Scotland.
		Politics of Russia 284: Support of the Army, Our Home Is Russia, Party of Pensioners, Russian All-People's Union, Russian Socialist Pa Economy of Russia 56: fficient social safety net for the unemployed and pensioners.
	www.elusiveeye.com /side42351-pensioners.html (305 words)

	Hamilton North & Bellshill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Following the Scottish Parliament's assumption of full powers in June 1999, it was assumed that Helen Liddell would step up to the largely honorific post of Secretary of State for Scotland.
		In 1976, along with Jim Sillars, he left Labour to found the Scottish Labour Party and was General Secretary of the party from 1977 until 1979.
		In the Scottish Parliamentary election he further increased the SNP vote by 2.6 % to 37.1 %, leaving Margaret Jamieson with a majority of 2,760.
	www.alba.org.uk /scot03constit/c07.html (1504 words)

	Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: Politics: Parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The English Democrats Party · iweb · cached · Campaigning for the creation of an English Parliament and Executive within the United Kingdom with the same powers as the Scottish Parliament and Executive.
		The Zeroth Party · cached · Explaining the ideology behind Zerothism, which is against the concept of equality, plus news, letters and FAQ.
		Operation Christian Voice · cached · OCV is a British Christian party which seeks to give the Christian voters an opportunity to turn their vote into a voice for Christ.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=29396 (657 words)

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		For it was on 1 July 1999 with the opening of the Scottish Parliament that marked a new beginning for Scotland.
		The Scottish National Party's job is to go with the grain of the Scottish people and look to the future positively.
		The beginning of December saw more electoral trouble for the Labour party as the SNP recorded a 16% swing in their favour in a council seat lying within the constituency of Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.
	www.forscotland.com /snpusa/December1999.html (2676 words)

	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) were formed in
		The leading figure in their formation was John Swinburne, previously a director of Motherwell Football Club.
		Celtic and Eric Caldow, who had played for Rangers both stood for the party in the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary elections.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /scottish_senior_citizens_unity_party.htm (164 words)

	Newsline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The British government is trying to collect hundreds or thousands of pounds from elderly Scottish residents who wrongly received disability payments.
		The pensioners were paid either 45.55 pounds or 60.60 pounds a week ($85 or $112) for home care while eligible for free care under a Scottish program, The Scotsman reported.
		Shona Robison, a health care spokeswoman for the Scottish National Party, said the 2001 ruling denying the benefit for home care to Scottish pensioners was based on spite.
	globalnewsline.com /parliament/.../bc-britain-pensioners (129 words)

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		Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
	www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html (2433 words)

	Scottish Pensioners Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Scottish Pensioners Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Scottish_Pensioners_Party (129 words)

	scottish senior citizens unity party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dictionary Definition of scottish senior citizens unity party
		Co-incidentally, on the same day the SSCUP was launched, a Scottish Pensioners Party was formed in Fife.
		Former Scottish international footballers Billy McNeill, who played for Celtic and Eric Caldow, who had played for Rangers both stood for the party in the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary elections.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /scottish_senior_citizens_unity_party.html (236 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Blair: Labour 'to decide my future' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tony Blair has said it is up to the Labour Party to decide whether he should resign as leader.
		The prime minister had previously pledged to quit if his leadership became an electoral liability to his party.
		His words came against the backdrop of a final frantic campaign push by the main political parties ahead of Thursday's European elections.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3781513.stm (379 words)

	Scotsman.com News - The Scottish Parliament - Pensioners' party up for election
		SCOTLAND’S pensioners’ party has confirmed that it will be standing in the looming General Election.
		John Swinburne, the leader of the Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party (SSCUP), will stand for Westminster in an effort to raise the profile of elderly people’s issues.
		Swinburne told Scotland on Sunday that the party had not decided how many seats to contest, but that he will be standing for a seat in Central Scotland, where the party received the bulk of its votes.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=276&id=182612004 (409 words)

	The Scots Independent Newspaper Online - The Flag in the Wind
		He insisted a "root and branch rejuvenation of the party" would be carried through with urgency but the independence message would stay central to his ambitions.
		He said: "It is time for a root and branch rejuvenation of the party as we face up to the challenges of the modern political era." He said he wanted a new party constitution with a one-member-one-vote voting system and a smaller national executive.
		He said: "That is the party reform agenda I will drive forward and drive forward with urgency." Mr Swinney stuck firmly to his guns on the independence policy despite suggestions that it had cost his party votes.
	www.scotsindependent.org /2003/030502 (4206 words)

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