Faslane

Picnicking for Peace at Faslane - BBC

Hundreds Protest at Nuclear Base - The Guardian

Former Scottish Socialist party leader and MSP Tommy Sheridan was at the protest. He said: "Faslane is a carbuncle on the face of Scotland. It despoils our landscape, and represents all that's wrong with the G8 meeting in Gleneagles, spending billions on destruction, when we are standing here today for peace and solidarity." Declaring the protest a success, he added: "We've closed down Faslane for one day - I want to close it down for the other 364."

Telegraph

Mr Sheridan, former leader of the SSP, called for the UK's nuclear weapons, which he described as "barbarian pieces of scrap metal", to be abandoned.

"The G8 leaders say they are concerned about poverty but I do not believe that," he said. "If they are concerned, then their $646 billion annual arms expenditure between the G8 nations would go on food and medicine and water."

Edinburgh

SCOTTISH SOCIALIST MSP CONDEMNS “OUTRAGEOUS” POLICE TACTICS IN EDINBURGH

SSP MSP Frances Curran tonight (JULY 4th) angrily condemned police tactics in dealing with anti G8 protesters in Edinburgh as “outrageous and inflammatory^.

Ms Curran said that she had repeatedly tried to gain access to protesters hemmed in by police lines in an attempt to mediate but had been barred by police.

As some of the worst disorders seen in Edinburgh for years raged in the city centre Ms Curran laid the blame squarely at the door of police many of whom, she said appeared to from England be ignorant of Scottish law.

She said:

“The behaviour of the police has been provocative and a total overreaction. They seem to be spoiling for a fight and this ‘take us on if you think your hard enough’ approach has no place in policing a democracy.”

“I have made several attempts to gain access to protesters to try and calm the situation but this has simply been brushed aside”

“There needs to be an urgent review of police tactics and I am demanding that First Minister McConnell accepts his responsibilities and intervene immediately to halt what is a situation rapidly getting out of control.”

SSP National Convenor Colin Fox said:

“I have witnessed some of the most violent policing of my entire life. I witnessed squads of riot police clear Princes Street Gardens by charging and attacking anyone who got in their way including innocent Edinburgh people sunbathing after work.”

“The day started with a carnival atmosphere which was completely destroyed by heavy handed and violent policing”

Daily Record

G8 Protests




Make Poverty History demo pictures of SSP contingent.

Scottish City Besieged for G-8 Summit - Prensa Latina Cuba

Pravda Russia

Colin Fox, the leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, said that Gleneagles was turning into an unassailable fortress because of the police measures.