Glasgow Evening TimesTOMMY SHERIDAN was fronting a stall in Glasgow city centre today in a bid to get support for a replacement for council tax. The Scottish Socialist Party leader is touring the country urging the public to give its views on dumping the tax and putting one based on income in its place. He was in Argyle Street, encouraging people to take part in the consultation process for legislation which would introduce a replacement. The SSP wants a Scottish Service Tax - a graduated tax which Mr Sheridan claims would save low-income households up to £30 a week. The consultation on his Abolition of Council Tax (Scotland) Bill runs until October 8, with the draft Bill expected a month later.
BBC NEWS UK Scotland Parties react to Salmond move:
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TOMMY SHERIDAN, SCOTTISH SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER 'Alex Salmond's amazing back flip spotlights the depth of crisis in the SNP leadership and the small pool of talent they possess.
'Four years after walking away from the job, Salmond has been forced either to re-apply or see it slip away from his anointed successor who clearly doesn't have the support to win.
'The two SNP big fish are now in a desperate bid to keep control of the party and net the leadership and deputy leadership.
'As for Kenny MacAskill he now knows what its like to be slapped in the face with a wet fish, in this case a Sturgeon.' "
Scotsman.com NewsCAMPBELL Martin, the MSP expelled by the Scottish National Party at the weekend, admitted yesterday he was considering a move to the Scottish Socialist Party.
