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Sunday, August 03, 2003
Body PoliticShe smoke-bombed Glasgow City Council, got arrested at Faslane, climbed trees to stop the M77, snubbed the Queen and wore jeans to the Scottish parliament. Now she’s going to talk about vaginas. Vicky Allan meets SSP MSP Rosie Kane, the embodiment of ‘combat-trooserness’ and mistress of the stooshie Sunday HeraldAre the SNP’s hopes pinned on the best laid plans of mice or men? Sunday Herald
Nationalist Identity Crisis The SNP under John Swinney is losing ground to other parties in its bid to break central belt voters’ loyalty to Labour. The Scottish Socialist Party, meanwhile, seems to be striking a radical Clydeside chord even beyond its natural base among the poor, articulating a regionalist voice similar to the SNP’s appeal in the northeast Sunday HeraldReds plot fall of Welsh Labour THE socialists who provided a huge election upset in Scotland are coming to Wales next week on a mission to undermine Welsh Labour.
Still on a high from the Scottish Parliament election in May, when his Scottish Socialist Party won six seats, leader Tommy Sheridan will be addressing what could prove to be a watershed conference organised by Wrexham AM John Marek.
Dr Marek, the National Assembly's Deputy Presiding Officer, was deselected by Labour after 20 years as an MP and AM but retained his seat as an independent, depriving Welsh Labour of a majority.
Now there are plans by Dr Marek and others to form a Welsh equivalent of the SSP. The Western Mail
