Scottish Socialist Party
The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) (Scottish Gaelic: Pà rtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; Scots: Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence.
It operates through a branch-based structure with additional networks for identity or campaigning groups, as well as accepting open platforms who are allowed to organise within the party.
Following the 2003 elections to the Scottish Parliament, it had six Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and two local councillors, the SSP lost all its seats in the Scottish Parliament in the 2007 election and retained only one local councillor. In the 2011 Holyrood elections, the SSP stood in all regional lists, however failed to gain any MSPs.
Its primary campaigns at the moment are centred around the cuts to public services being introduced by the UK government, demands for the establishment of an independent Scottish republic as well as the provision of free school meals.
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