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SCOTTISH SO

Socialist Resistance no20 | page 7-8

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1000 The meeting deferred

discussion on our attitude to the "socialist MSP on a worker's

wage" issue.

Tommy Sheridan The Scottish declaration. make

DUNDEE SSP anti-war campaigning has included the recent protest called by Rose Gentle over the death of her son in Iraq

SSP. Scottish election, when the SSP

SSP did adopt the 50-50 principle in the selection of regional list candidates, the women's network clarified in its own mind what it wanted, came up with a clear proposal, and had the debate out within the party, nothing like that happened this time.

NC discussed the Declaration of Calton Hill, a republican declaration which was the focus of a protest at the same time as the Queen opened the new

Parliament building, some felt it had been wrong not to make this an explicitly socialist

It deferred discussion on our attitude to the "socialist MSP on a worker's wage" issue.

The executive has put forward a position that any MSP/MP/MEP who comes over to the SSP would not immediately be expected to

this commitment, they