Morning Star, 20/02/07

SCOTTISH Socialist MSPs Rosie Kane and Frances Curran boarded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise on Monday as it sailed from Greenock to Faslane as part of the "Trident - we don't buy it" campaign.
Both MSPs are veteran anti-nuclear campaigners and are strongly opposed to new Labour's plans to renew Britain's nuclear missiles based on the Clyde.
Both were arrested at the Faslane nuclear base last month during a peaceful protest against the plans.
"We are pleased to join the Greenpeace protest which adds to the mushrooming opposition to Blair's nuclear weapons madness," the MSPs said in a statement.
"We need more homes, free school meals, free public transport and an end to privatisation - not more spending on war and nuclear missiles.
"It's time to get the missiles out of the Clyde and end our involvement with Britain's weapons of mass destruction."
The Arctic Sunrise trip is part of a week of national protest building up to the massive Stop the War demonstrations in London and Glasgow on Saturday.

(More on this in Colin Fox MSP's Blog)

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SCOTTISH SOCIALIST PARTY
MEDIA RELEASE

KANE DEMANDS McCONNELL ACTS IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE ONEPLUS

JOBS AND SERVICES.

Jack Mc Connell must take immediate action to safeguard vital services for single parents jobs at OnePlus, Glasgow MSP Rosie Kane has demanded to day.

Scottish Socialist Kane is to question the First minister on the crisis which will effect 600 workers and over 10,000 service users in Holyrood this week.

Kane said:

“The Scottish Executive have been aware of this crisis since December 2006 and have failed to act. The first priority must be to safeguard these vital services and that jobs that provide them.

The £2 million pound cost to save the much needed organisation will be dwarfed by the millions a closure will cost but that is to say nothing of the of the devastation this will create for vulnerable service users which includes the elderly, disabled and many thousands of children.

It is ironic that the funding needed to keep one plus in business is £2 million – the same cost as the Executives campaign on how to wash your hands. Does Jack Mc Connell intend to wash his hands of the service users and jobs at OnePlus”

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BBC

Trident protest politicians held

Eight people, including two Scottish Socialist MSPs, have been arrested during an anti-nuclear protest.

Two Plaid Cymru politicians were also arrested after three people chained themselves together at the main gate of the Faslane base on the Clyde.

SSP MSPs Rosie Kane and Carolyn Leckie, and Plaid Cymru's Jill Evans MEP and Leanne Wood AM were protesting against the renewal of Trident.

UPDATE: MSP Frances Curran has also been arrested. Check the SSP website for developing information.

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