SSP - THE INDEPENDENCE PARTY
DOROTHY GRACE ELDER ENCOURAGES VOTERS TO SUPPORT SSP

The Scottish Socialist Party will hold a press conference tomorrow on independence. The SSP will lay claim to be the party that promotes a genuinely independent Scotland, unlike the SNP with its contradictory “Independence in Europe” stance.

The SSP will be supported on tomorrow’s platform by former SNP MSP, Dorothy Grace Elder, and a number of former SNP stalwarts who are now SSP members. Colin Bell, a former high profile broadcaster and SNP member, issued the following statement in support of the SSP:
“After many years in the SNP I recently joined the SSP and would urge all voters who want to see an independent socialist Scotland to vote SSP on May 1st. I have been helping to train many of the SSP candidates and I’m very impressed by their quality.”

Tommy Sheridan, SSP National Convenor, said today,
“Since the formation of the SSP four years ago, we have been committed to an independent socialist Scotland. We want Scotland to be independent from poverty, independent from low pay, independent from racism and independent from nuclear weapons. Our new Scotland will be democratic and therefore a republic independent from monarchy and inherited privilege. Scotland is rich enough, mature enough and smart enough to stand on its own as a beacon of social justice throughout the world. We are not frightened of independence, we promote it with confidence.”

PRESS CONFERENCE

FRIDAY 18 APRIL, 11.30 A.M.

GLASGOW FILM THEATRE
ROSE STREET, GLASGOW
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For further information contact Tommy Sheridan on 07887 795075 or Hugh Kerr on 01620 890518/07713 063647