BBC NEWS | Scotland | 'Convention' call to SNP: " A leading figure in the Scottish National Party has called for it to consider joining a 'convention' of pro-independence parties.

The idea is being floated publicly at a fringe meeting of the SNP conference in Inverness on Friday.

The Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan will be among those arguing in favour of the move.

Prominent SNP MSP Alex Neil said there were now three parties at Holyrood with a policy of independence of Scotland."