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The Scottish Socialist Party said Dungavel - "Scotland's Guantanamo Bay" - should be shut

Edinburgh Evening News
SCOTTISH Socialist Colin Fox’s Bill to abolish prescription charges in Scotland is to be sent out for consultation.
Mr Fox, a Lothians list MSP, has already won cross-party support in the Scottish Parliament for his proposed legislation to end the charges of £6.30 per item, which he has branded a tax on illness.

The Herald
Tommy Sheridan, Scottish Socialist party leader, said 2004 would see the end of council tax in Scotland. He said: "We will present a bill to abolish the council tax in the parliament and replace it with an income-based alternative. It will be the flagship proposal in a year which will also attack poverty."

Inquiry after error over baby MMR

Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan said: "I was horrified when I heard. This case again highlights the issue of the triple MMR vaccine." BBC News

Healthy living helpline costs taxpayer £115 a call in first year

Tommy Sheridan, convener of the Scottish Socialist party, said the cost to the taxpayer of one call to the helpline would provide nearly 40 children with a nutritious school meal. The Herald

BBC Scotland News Review 2003: July to September
The Greens and Scottish Socialists accused Labour of "running scared of the electorate", following gains by the smaller parties and independents in the May elections.
Socialist leader Tommy Sheridan was back in the headlines the same month after being released from prison.
The Glasgow list MSP served a seven-day jail term after refusing to pay a fine for his role in an anti-Trident protest the previous year at the Faslane nuclear submarine base on the Clyde.