Socialists call for Iraq debateThe Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) is calling on Holyrood to hold an emergency debate on Iraq if war breaks out before the dissolution of the parliament on 27 March.
SSP leader Tommy Sheridan has written to the presiding officer, David Steel, claiming not enough time has been given for MSPs to discuss the Iraq crisis.
"The Scottish Parliament speaks for the people of Scotland," he said.
"More than one third of the British troops invading Iraq will be Scots.
"It is therefore unthinkable that we should not debate the war when it begins, as looks likely, next week."
BBC
