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| | Encyclopedia: Scottish Parliament |
 | | The Right Honourable Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a senior British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to... | | | The term First Minister refers to the leader of a cabinet United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the term First Minister was once used interchangeably with Prime Minister, as in Winston Churchills famous line: I did not become Her Majestys First Minister so that I might oversee the... | | | Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. |
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| | Politics of Scotland |
| | The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) were formed just in time to contest the 2003 election to the Scottish Parliament. | | | Only in the khaki election of 1900 did the Unionists (as the Conservative Party was referred to in Scotland) win a majority of seats. | | | In 1963, the Peerage Act was passed, allowing every Scottish peer to sit in the House of Lords. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/politics_of_scotland
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| | JRULM: H - Biographical Index of Methodist Ministers |
| | John Partis Haswell (1790-1879) was born at Tantobie, County Durham. | | | In 1767 he was active in promoting the foundation of Leeds Infirmary and served there as senior surgeon from 1773 to 1812. | | | Hughes was deeply interested in politics and became prominent in 1890 for his attacks on the Irish politician Charles Parnell. |
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http://www.rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/bio/bioh.html
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| | Pensioners' party aims for Asian MSP - [Sunday Herald] |
| | JohnÊSwinburne,Êfounder and sole MSP of the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party, said he was in the middle of Òextremely promisingÓ discussions with a senior member of the Central Mosque in Glasgow under which a Muslim would be placed top of the SSCUP Glasgow list at the next Holyrood elections. | | | Speaking at his party's inaugural AGM at Motherwell Football Club, Swinburne said after only five months in existence the party was already intending to fight every seat and region in Scotland at the next elections and was aiming for between 12 and 20 MSPs. | | | The election of the Scottish parliament's first black MSP moved a step closer yesterday as a political party representing pensioners announced it was close to a deal aimed at securing supportÊamongÊtheÊMuslim community in Glasgow. |
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http://www.sundayherald.com/34969
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| | The Scotsman - Top Stories - A growing chorus of radical voices and alternative causes |
| | More of a pressure group than a fully-fledged party, its main aim is to have the power to decide on abortion transferred to the Scottish Parliament. | | | She is a strong critic of the Holyrood project and marked her election campaign launch with a leaked document suggesting the decision to appoint the main contractor for the project may have been influenced by a civil servant at the Scottish Office. | | | Although pensions are a reserved issue, the PP, along with the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, believes Holyrood should put more pressure on the Westminster government. |
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http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=482312003
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| | ‘I thought I knew the problems facing senior citizens but I was just scratching the surface. We treat our elderly ... |
| | The “unity” in his party title was intended to appeal to those who don’t like nationalism, yet he is to the fore in calling for more devolved powers. | | | He says: “‘Pensioner’ has something a bit derogatory, while ‘senior citizen’ has a bit more standing.” He also thinks senior citizens get more attention in parliamentary debate than was the case before his election. | | | “I thought I knew about the problems of senior citizens, but I was only scratching the surface,” he observes. |
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http://www.sundayherald.com/42302
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| | Since the 1707 Act of Union |
| | The Scottish Parliament was established by the support for it in principle in the 1997 Devolution referendum and by the 1998 Scotland Act. | | | Former SNP MSP Margo MacDonald was elected as an Independent in Lothians region and the leader of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, John Swinburne, was elected off the Central Scotland list. | | | In the first elections Labour became the largest party with 53 constituencies and 3 regional seats. |
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http://uk.geocities.com/scottishelections/sp/spindex.htm
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| | Observer Angry pensioners stake all for a better deal |
| | Richard Wilson, of Help The Aged, thinks that a senior lobby has recently started to make itself felt, particularly after the outcry over the 75p increase in the basic state pension in April 2000. | | | First pensioner is MSP: John Swinburne of Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party | | | Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections pointed to better deal for elderly |
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4691433-102272,00.html
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| | BBC NEWS Scotland 'Old' firm legends seek votes |
| | John Swinburne, the SSCUP president, said the state pension should be increased from £70.45 to £150 a week. | | | The Lisbon Lion, who captained Celtic to the European Cup, will be a candidate for the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP). | | | "In fact, if one million pensioners in Scotland voted for the SSCUP, or its sister party the Pensioners Party for Scotland, we would have 25 representatives. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/2893699.stm
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| | Amitai Etzioni Notes: November 2003 Archive |
| | A staggering 98.5 per cent of voters now have no formal connection to a political party. | | | In particular, Democratic voters who consider themselves to be... | | | Ben Rogers is a senior research fellow at the IPPR and author of "Beef and Liberty" (Chatto & Windus) |
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http://www.amitai-notes.com/blog/archives/2003_11.html
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| | State of the Parties |
| | Lord Steel of Aikwood was elected as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. | | | Lord Steel also attends and votes in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat Peer. | | | George Reid was elected as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament on 7 th May 2003. |
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http://www.alba.org.uk/scottish/statescottish.html
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| | Scottish Pensioners Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) whereby they did not stand candidates against each other. | | | Categories : Political parties in the United Kingdom | | | Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 and formed an electoral pact with another new party, the |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Pensioners_Party
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| | John Swinburne |
| | John Swinburne is the founder of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) and currently that party's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament. | | | He is formerly a director of Motherwell Football Club. |
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http://www.eurofreehost.com/jo/John_Swinburne.html
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| | John Swinburne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) and currently that party's sole representative in the | | | Shortly after his election, it was alleged that Swinburne had made some | | | John Swinburne (born July 4, 1930 in Pennsylvania) is the founder of the |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swinburne
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| | Vote 2003 |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party: (0 -> 1) | | | The two largest parties lost seats, while small parties and independent candidates gained. | | | The previous coalition of Labour and Liberal Democrats may be renewed with a smaller majority of 67 seats (65 are required). |
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http://www.roe.ac.uk/~hme/scot/2003.html
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| | Scotsman.com Election - Labour has narrow escape as result is confirmed |
| | Meanwhile the Scottish Conservatives were jubilant after picking up three constituency seats including leader David McLetchie after he defeated former enterprise minister Iain Gray. | | | The big winners of the 2003 Holyrood elections are the independents and the minority parties. | | | The Scottish National Party are being portrayed as the big losers from the results after their share of the vote fell by 6% nation-wide losing them nearly a third of their seats. |
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http://election.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=501872003
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| | Media Release - Seniors welcome new Scottish Citylink Fares |
| | John Swinburne MSP of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, said: “ Citylink could act as a role model for bus companies throughout the country. | | | Scottish Citylink’s new special fares for the over 60s have been welcomed by senior passengers. | | | Young Person DC Seniors welcome new Scottish Citylink fares. |
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http://www.citylink.co.uk/mediarel_rel62.htm
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| | List of political parties in Scotland |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) - pensioners rights party - 1 MSP | | | Conservative and Unionist Party - Centre-right, unionist - 18 MSPs | | | Scottish Republican Socialist Party (now part of the SSP) |
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http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/List_of_political_parties_in_Scotland
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| | The Next Westminster Election |
| | The Free Scotland Party are contesting three seats, the BNP are contesting two seats. | | | The Scottish Citizens Unity Party, who have an MSP at Holyrood, are contesting one seat, as are the old Liberal Party, the Scottish Independence Party, the Communist Party of Great Britain, the Scottish Unionist Party, Pensioners Party Scotland, Independent Green Voice and the Legalise Cannablis Alliance. | | | The UK Independence Party have 22 candidates in Scotland, while the Scottish Green Party are contesting 20 seats. |
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http://www.alba.org.uk/nextge/constituencies.html
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| | Midlothian Results from Joe-Middleton.Web-Page.Net |
| | This seat has been held by Labour since 1955. | | | His major rival in the 1997 election was be the Scottish National Party's Laurence Millar. | | | The SNP's Newtongrange branch were unhappy as their favoured candidate, branch secretary Lawrence Millar, who had contested the seat at the general election, failed to make it to the approved list. |
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http://www.jmsc09551.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/midlothian.htm
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| | Rum and Monkey: Article: New Old Government for Scotland by Royd Payne |
| | The Scottish Senior Citizen's Unity Party will be mostly dead." | | | With Labour and the Liberal Democrats unable to form a coalition after the recent Scottish elections a series of bizarre events has led to the new Holyrood government being led by the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party. | | | Attempts by McConnell to form a government with the Scottish National Party floundered over SNP leader John Swinney's insistence that Scotland gain independence not only from the United Kingdom but from the EU, NATO, the UN and the Atlantic Ocean. |
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http://rumandmonkey.com/articles/article.php?read=139
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| | Brit Election - Topic Powered by Infopop |
| | Publican Publican Party - Free to Smoke (Pubs) | | | TPP The Peace Party - non-violence, justice, environme | | | Lately I have not heard much from our Rhino Party. |
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| | Your Free Members of the Scottish Parliament Art History Online Reference and Guide |
| | Campbell Martin (Ind - West of Scotland) - elected as a SNP MSP, but expelled by that party in 2004 | | | The Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 produced a slightly different make up for the Parliament than had been in place for the previous four years, with the number of Labour and SNP MSPs being reduced and the number of those representing minor parties outwith the established four main parties increasing. | | | The Scottish Parliament is composed of 129 members (referred to as MSPs, short for "Members of the Scottish Parliament"). |
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http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament
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| | Campaign expenditure by political parties |
| | Search the Electoral Commission database of election spending by GB political parties ( For Northern Ireland click here) | | | The following criteria will be ignored if a political party is selected: | | | Only expenditure for the following contested countries will be shown: |
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http://www.ukpolitical.info/Expenditure.htm
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| | The establishment of free, off-peak nation-wide transport for all senior citizens and more residential homes to be set up by local authorities. |
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http://www.mockelections.co.uk/sections/Scotland/students/sscup.asp
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| | SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM |
| | This was a vote to show support for repeal of Section 28. |
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| | UK general election 2005: candidates listed by party |
| | This is particularly a problem with the English Democrats Party. | | | UK general election 2005: candidates listed by party | | | Click on the party name for further details of individual candidates and constituencies for that party. |
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http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge05/candidates.htm
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| | Freedom of Information (Scotland) Web Log |
| | John Swinburne, MSP for the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, stated: "Openness in government should be totally open." | | | Scottish Information Commissioner's Guidance on Your Rights under the Scottish FOI Act | | | Details are not recorded in the Official Report and critics say that the members are not accountable for the decisions they have reached. |
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http://foisa.blogspot.com/2005/01/scottish-parliament-criticised-as-anti.html
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| | British Youth Council |
| | We have listed the websites of all parties and candidates who were are aware of are candidates standing in the UK Parliamentary general election on 5 May 2005. | | | Homepage >> Campaigns >> Political Parties - S | | | Information on how you can participate in BYCâs campaigning activities. |
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| | BESIS Voting Statistics |
| | Select a Political Party for overall election statistics for 1966-2005 | | | (Semi) Regular Parties yet to win a seat |
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| | The Evangelical Alliance seeks |
| | The catalyst of House of Lords reform and questions relating to the future of the monarchy are fuelling a public debate which needs to motivate the churches to come together to share authority and influence, and create renewed theological and practical stimulus for unity. | | | This would be analysed in house beforehand, with key questions for further examination to be identified and pursued. | | | Should the Church simultaneously withdraw from the liberal State whilst increasing its civic role? |
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| | BBC NEWS Scotland Call for Scottish lottery |
| | Mr Swinburne, the leader of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, said a Scottish lottery should be run as a not-for-profit enterprise with all cash going to good causes for Scottish communities and charities. | | | The idea for a Scottish lottery has become the tenth aim of Mr Swinburne's Motherwell-based party, which scored a surprise victory in the 1 May elections. | | | Pensioners' champion John Swinburne has tabled a motion at Holyrood asking the Scottish Executive to apply to run a separate competition north of the border. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3047884.stm
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| | Democracy - West Dunbartonshire |
| | hereby give notice that the total number of votes polled for each party at the election was as follows:- | | | SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT REGIONAL LIST ELECTION - 1 MAY 2003 | | | Voting for more than one candidate - 62 |
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http://www.wdc.gov.uk/democracy/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=1598
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| | Seniors Network - Senior Citizens Party |
| | Seniors Network is not involved with these Senior Citizens parties or ANY other Political Party | | | If you wish to contact the SSCUP - e-mail: sscup2003@yahoo.co.uk | | | If you wish to contact the SCP use the following email address: |
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