Summary
BOTH Andrew Doig and Donald Anderson are guilty of misrepresenting the position of the SSP on Scottish independence (Letters, October 12). The SSP, far from being a "totalitarian Trotskyist" party, is actually breaking new ground in its internal democracy and toleration of dissenting views. That's why platforms exist with many differing viewpoints - that is part of the difficult work of uniting the left.
The SSP's so-called "totalitarian" politics contrasts rather favourably with Mr Doig's party, the SNP. Since the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999 his party has lost three MSPs - Dorothy- Grace Elder, Lloyd Quinan and Margo MacDonald - who refused to toe the leadership line. They have also expelled Campbell Martin, MSP, for daring to have a mind of his own. They forced their leader, John Swinney, to resign in the teeth of backstairs manoeuvring that would not have been out of place in Mayor Daley's Chicago.See the full content of this document
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The Ssp's Position On Independence
The "totalitarians" of the SSP, by contrast, have expelled nobody.
As to differences on the independence issue...See the full content of this document
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