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	Labour Party (UK) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Labour Party's origins lie in the late 19th century, when it became apparent that there was an increasing need for a third party in Britain to represent the interests and needs of the large working-class population (for instance, the 1899 Lyons vs. Wilkins judgement that limited certain types of picketing).
		In the party's post mortem on why it had lost, it was considered that the 'Shadow Budget' announced by John Smith had opened the way for Conservatives to attack the party for wanting to raise taxes.
		The party itself was rebranded New Labour (as opposed to the democratic socialist 'Old Labour') for the purpose of election campaigning, which critics on the left charged was a separate party.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Labour_Party_(UK) (4015 words)

	Scottish Parliament
		The Scottish Parliament is the legislature of Scotland.
		The first Scottish Parliament came into existence in 1326 and functioned until the Act of Union merged the Parliaments of Scotland and England in 1707.
		The elections for the Scottish Parliament were the first in the UK to use a method of proportional representation which is known as the Additional Member System.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Holyrood.html (272 words)

	Democratic Unionist Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		As of 2006 it is the largest political party in Northern Ireland and the 4th largest party in the UK house of commons.
		The party withdrew in protest when Sinn Féin, a republican party with ties to the Irish Republican Army (IRA), was allowed to participate after the IRA ceasefire.
		In 2004 it became the largest Northern Ireland party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the defection of Jeffrey Donaldson.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/DUP (935 words)

	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The SSCUP made an electoral pact with this party for the Scottish Parliamentary elections.
		John Swinburne is the SSCUP's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament, representing Central Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Senior_Citizens_Unity_Party (372 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The elections for the Scottish Parliament were the first in the UK to use the Additional Member System (AMS), which is a method of proportional representation (although various forms of PR had already been used in EU Parliamentary elections, and in Northern Ireland for local councils and the Assembly).
		The first Scottish Parliament arose during the early thirteenth century, and its first meeting (referred to as a colloquium) was at Kirkliston in 1235 in the reign of Alexander II.
		The Scottish Parliament returned after the Restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660, and, although initially docile, gradually came to exert considerable influence over the Crown&8212;removing the clergy's right to attend in 1689 and finally abolishing the Lords of the Articles in 1690.
	scottish-parliament.iqnaut.net (2925 words)

	Ulster Unionist Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles.
		Throughout this period the party was affiliated to the National Union of the Conservative Party and Ulster Unionist MPs at the Westminster Parliament were a part of the conservative block.
		While the party was considering structural reforms, including the connection with the Order, it was the Order itself that severed the connection after most of its membership transferred their allegiance to the Democratic Unionist Party.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/UUP (1897 words)

	Scottish Affairs, N McEwen; Is Devolution at Risk? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Although the larger number of parties offered potentially greater choice, cross-national election surveys suggest that too much choice acts as a deterrent, diminishing the extent to which individuals feel their votes are going towards the election of a government (Blais and Dobrzynska, 1998).
		The establishment of a Scottish Parliament came to be regarded and promoted, not just as a vehicle for the expression of Scottish national identity, but as a pre-requisite for better public services and progressive social and economic change in line with Scottish policy priorities (McEwen, 2002; Mitchell and Bennie, 1996).
		Parties supporting either the abolition of the Parliament (UK Independence Party) or a curtailment of its size and power (Scottish People's Alliance) received marginal support in the election, in spite of the evident drift towards outside the political mainstream and the latter's well-publicised efforts to capitalise on dismay with devolution.
	www.scottishaffairs.org /onlinepub/sa/mcewen_sa44_sum03.html (5720 words)

	Scottish Affairs, E. Bort & C. Harvie; After the Albatross (online article) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Scottish National Party had lost - for reasons never wholly fathomed - the eloquent Alex Salmond to Westminster (he was returned by his Banff and Buchan constituency in the 2001 general election).
		The Scottish Socialist Party, led by the eloquent Tommy Sheridan, 'the man with the tan' (non-smoking, non-drinking, but with an addiction to sunbeds: his recognition factor almost as good as McConnell's) was reaching 10% in some polls and possibly 22% in the Glasgow area (on 1 May it actually got nearly 16% in Glasgow).
		The decline in voter turnout (from 59 to 49% between 1999 and 2003) is an indication of the disappointment of the Scottish electorate with the results of the new politics in terms of industrial regeneration, combating poverty and addressing infrastructure deficits.
	www.scottishaffairs.org /onlinepub/sa/bort_harvie_sa50_wint05.html (4204 words)

	Pensioners' party aims for Asian MSP - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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 (454 words)

	SSCUP - Home Page (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Senior Citizens are represented by all Political Parties, THIS IS A FACT.
		That is why, with a small group of friends, I started the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party in February 2003, a mere eleven weeks later I was elected as an MSP to the Scottish Parliament.
		The Pensioners party in Israel "came from nowhere" in their recent General Election and now hold the balance of power in their parliament.
	www.sscup.org.cob-web.org:8888 (169 words)

	Citizens Party
		Idea #3: A Citizens Party can welcome immigrants enroute to citizenship as associate members who can use the Citizens Party as a neutral ground within which to both learn and practice their civic responsibilities, and be exposed to the many different parties that co-exist in America (or any other country-this whole concept is universal).
		A Citizens Party can offer generic civic instruction and opportunities for community service, and then once an individual becomes a citizen, they can be asked to declare a primary political affiliation, while retaining their “second home” in the Citizens Party.
		The Citizens Party is a non-rival means of taking back the power at the individual level, while respecting the unique concerns and insights of each of the traditional parties.
	www.citizens-party.org (3404 words)

	SCVO - Information - Information Pages
		There was a swing in the May 2003 elections towards the smaller parties and independents.
		The Scottish Executive is again made up of a coalition of the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, giving a combined total of 67 against a combined opposition of 62.
		The Scottish Executive was made up of a coalition of the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, giving the coalition a combined total of 73 members, against a combined opposition of 56.
	www.scvo.org.uk /scvo/InformationCrawler/ViewInformation_C405.aspx (508 words)

	Media Release - Seniors welcome new Scottish Citylink Fares
		Scottish Citylink’s new special fares for the over 60s have been welcomed by senior passengers.
		John Swinburne MSP of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, said: “Citylink could act as a role model for bus companies throughout the country.
		Senior fares are available through all Citylink outlets including from the driver on board the coach.
	www.citylink.co.uk /mediarel_rel62.htm (270 words)

	ASPECT: Digital Election Ephemera to Support E-Democracy in Scotland
		In Scotland the Green Party increased its MSPs from one in 1999 to seven in 2003, and the Scottish Socialist Party from one in 1999 to six in 2003.
		For example, the 2003 Scottish parliamentary elections were contested by the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, the Save Stobhill Hospital Party, the UK Social and Countryside Party, Local Health Concern, Parent Excluded, and several other single-issue parties that either did not exist in 1999 or did not contest the election.
		Where the same party holds power at both local and parliamentary level, the perceived failings of the party at local level may be publicised in order to attract the attention of voters and to cast doubt on the general competence of the same party.
	cdlr.strath.ac.uk /pubs/williamsona/aw200402.htm (4820 words)

	Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lib Dem candidate Alex Cole-Hamilton was born in 1977 and was educated at St Andrews and Aberdeen Universities.
		The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party candidate is James Parker.
		The Save the Scottish Regiments candidate was Anne McMillan, but she stood down in mid April because her husband is ill. Anne's father served in The Black Watch regiment and she has local ties with many Black Watch families.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextge/kirkcaldy.html (806 words)

	QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority International Review of Curriculum and Assessment frameworks Internet ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Under the terms of the Act, the Scottish Parliament, elected for the first time for 300 years in 1999, now has responsibility to pass laws affecting Scotland covering a range of issues.
		The Scottish Labour Party is again the largest single party in the Scottish Parliament, but is in power and forms the Scottish Executive in a coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
		The other parties represented include (in size order) the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Greens, the Scottish Socialists Party and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party.
	www.inca.org.uk /1174.html (978 words)

	Scottish Elections: Power to the people as the wee parties steal show
		Mr Fox, 41, a SSP party organiser in Edinburgh, was one of six Scottish Socialists returned to the Parliament in what Mr Sheridan called a fantastic night that would launch a revolution across the country.
		He added that he was confident his party´s six MSPs would realise their manifesto pledges and pointed out that with only one MSP his party had managed to abolish warrant sales and very nearly succeeded in winning free school meals for every Scottish child.
		He launched the Scottish Senior Citizens Party earlier this year after being outraged at the “fudge” over means testing in Scottish Executive proposals for free personal care for the elderly.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/904927/posts (2161 words)

	Scottish National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SNP was formed in 1934 from the merger of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party.
		With the 2007 general election to the Scottish Parliament coming up, the SNP aim to form, or at least be the largest party of, the next Scottish government, with Alex Salmond aiming to make the SNP the largest party in the Scottish Parliament.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_National_Party (2120 words)

	HALF OUR SENIORS LIVE ON BREADLINE Sunday Mirror - Find Articles
		Almost 300,000 senior households north of the border are forced to get by on less than pounds 10,000 a year - the Government's own benchmark for a proper standard of living.
		The shocking figures, released this week by the Scottish Executive, reveal that the generation who fought for Britain in the Second World War is suffering in old age.
		MSP John Swinburne, of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, said: "The vast majority of pensioners are people who have worked hard all their lives.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040523/ai_n12895359 (881 words)

	Scots Law News, Edinburgh Law School
		On 15 May 2003 the Labour and Liberal Democrat Parties in the Scottish Parliament published "A Partnership for a Better Scotland", setting out the basis on which the two parties proposed to take control of the Scottish Executive in the next session of the Scottish Parliament.
		Apart from the protest implicit in the turnout falling below 50%, the electorate's difficulties with all four of the major parties is apparent in the success of the smaller parties and the independents.
		Scottish hunts have continued to meet since the Act came into force in August 2002, and are permitted to shoot foxes as a form of pest control.
	www.law.ed.ac.uk /sln/index.aspx?page=229 (1207 words)

	The latest Free Articles For Senior Citizens at Senior citizens & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	aging-news.info /senior-citizens/free-articles-for-senior-citizens.php (494 words)

	SCVO - Information - Information Pages
		The run-up to the elections can be a busy time for voluntary organisations producing materials, working on and disseminating their own manifestos, engaging with parties on their manifestos, and engaging in various ways with candidates for the Scottish Parliament and local government.
		Political party manifestos - These are still under development, but links to the manifestos of the political parties, as they are published, will be updated here.
		The second vote, for the regional MSP, is taken into account along with the number of constituency seats this party has already won, using a calculation involving a weighting designed to make the overall representation more proportional.
	www.scvo.org.uk /scvo/InformationCrawler/ViewInformation_C908.aspx (760 words)

	Elite Promotions - Scotland's One Stop Entertainment and Corporate Hospitality Specialists, Aberdeen - After Dinner ...
		McNeill, known as Cesar, was arguably the greatest captain of Celtic F.C. His nickname was derived from the actor Cesar Romero, who played the getaway driver in the (original) film Ocean's Eleven, as McNeill was one of the only Celtic players to own a car at the time.
		He also led the team to victory in the European Cup in 1967, as part of the "Lisbon Lions", and was the first British footballer to hold aloft the European Cup.
		He also unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party in the 2003 election to the Scottish Parliament.
	www.elitepromotions.net /profiles14.html (1191 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Call for Scottish lottery
		Mr Swinburne, the leader of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, said a Scottish lottery should be run as a not-for-profit enterprise with all cash going to good causes for Scottish communities and charities.
		The idea for a Scottish lottery has become the tenth aim of Mr Swinburne's Motherwell-based party, which scored a surprise victory in the 1 May elections.
		The Scottish National Party has previously proposed an independent 'Scot-Lot', arguing that players stand a better chance of winning in a country of five million people.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3047884.stm (411 words)

	Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
		There was no attempt to argue that the Scottish Parliament should not be debating the issue because it was reserved to Westminster.
		In June 2005 he had said, in response to a Scottish CND survey, that he was opposed to replacing Trident.
		John Swinbourne (Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party) argued that the money that could be saved from not replacing Trident should be used for nuclear waste storage so new nuclear power stations could be built.
	www.banthebomb.org /showNews.php?newsID=147 (919 words)

	Caithness CWS - Front Page Bulletins - Elections 2003 - Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Speculation is rife to see whether voters will vote for one party with their first vote and another party with their second vote to bring in the candidates on the party lists or individuals standing mainly on single issues.
		The Scottish Executive has announced it is to double the remote area allowance for NHS dentists in rural areas from £1500 to £3000.
		The Countryside Party is one of the parties asking the electorate to use their second vote in their favour.
	www.caithness.org /fpb/election2003/index.htm (3178 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Politics - Pensioners' party up for election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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.
		Last year, the SSCUP confounded sceptics by winning a list seat in the Scottish parliament and securing 29,000 votes.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=182612004 (279 words)

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