Scottish Voice
Template:Infobox Scottish Political Party
A new centre-right political party, provisionally named the Scottish Democrats or Scottish Voice[1], was launched in Scotland in February 2007.[2][3] The founder of the party is wealthy businessman and landowner Archie Stirling. The party headquarters are at Craigarnhall, by the town of Bridge of Allan, in the historical parish of Lecropt.
Although Stirling personally is a Unionist, in a statement he said "The position of Scotland within the union is not central to this movement."[4]
Many of the new party's supporters were formerly in the Scottish Conservatives, but have found themselves in disagreement with it, particularly after its massive decline in Scottish politics in the 1980s an 1990s. The Scotsman website reported an opinion poll which suggested 21 per cent of voters could cast their regional vote for Scottish Voice [5]. If this holds to the Scottish Parliament election in May they could secure a regional list seat. Other news suggests that the Scottish Voice campaign is failing despite importing election agents from Canada to support it [6].
External links
- Official website (under construction)
- Party details from the Electoral Commission website
References
- ^ BBC News Scotland, 4 January 2007
- ^ Electoral Commission
- ^ "Millionaire maverick plans 'what about us' party", The Scotsman, 5 January 2007
- ^ "New Scots party 'not founded to save UK'", Scotland on Sunday, 7 January, 2007
- ^ "Lib Dems offer SNP way out of independence impasse", Scotsman, 2 April 2007
- ^ "Stirling left speechless", Scotsman, 2 April 2007
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