Vote for the Party of Action

Scottish Socialist Party candidates in both Scottish by elections will spend the last campaigning day before polling day taking the message of the SSP as the party of action to the electorate.
While other parties shadow box on the council tax the SSP has acted and has a bill in the Holyrood parliament to abolish the hated tax and replace it with an income based Scottish Service tax which would shift the cost of services to the better off.
A major campaign is also continuing to win free school meals for Scotland’s school students and a bill to abolish NHS prescription charges has been laid before the parliament by Colin Fox, SSP national convenor.

Independent MSP Campbell Martin has called for a vote for the SSP in both the Westminster by election in Livingston and the Cathcart Scottish Parliament seat, saying that the last thing the electorate needs is another New Labour party, a reference to the SNP’s further moves to the right.

Speaking at a press conference in Glasgow on Tuesday, Campbell Martin said;
“Based on the outcome of last week's SNP conference and that party's continued move to the right it is now clear that the best candidates for people in Cathcart and Livingston are Ronnie Stevenson and Steven Nimmo of the Scottish Socialist Party.
“They are the only people putting forward policies in these two elections which are in the best interests of working people in Scotland.
“It is not in the interests of voters in Cathcart and Livingston to have another New Labour candidate which is what the SNP has become.”

Colin Fox, SSP national convenor, said;
“The Scottish Socialist Party is the party of action in Scottish politics.
“While the SNP and Lib Dems pay lip service to abolishing the council tax and NHS prescription charges, the SSP has delivered bills in the Scottish Parliament that will turn these promises into reality.
“The SSP appeals to all those who support the socialist principles we fight for every day of the week to come out and support us at the polls.”
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