Talk:Scottish Socialist Party

Various SSP's
Saulisagenius's edit has made this page look daft. Although he has put the various SSP's into chronilogical order, surely the current SSP deserve to be the main body of the article? After all, that is most likely the SSP people will be looking for, and it is what the articles that link here refer to. Unless people object strongly (and I shall probably disagree with them if they do), I am gonna change things back.

Big Jim Fae Scotland 26 March, 2004, 00.57


 * I agree that the curent SSP should be "main body of the article" and it still was even after my last edit. If someone reads my version then they can see imediately that there have been three parties of the same name over the years, but with the current edit they would have to read the whole article before knew that. So for the majority of people looking for the current SSP it doesn't really matter either way but for the minority looking for the previous two it does matter alot. Saul Taylor 02:58, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hi Saul. If they are looking for the other parties then surely they will that there have been othere SSPs already? I still feel justified in my edit, although apologies for saying your edit was daft (it was v late when I wrote that, and was tired). Didn't mean to cause offence in any way, and I can see your logic in trying a chronological order, but I still think this is superceded by my argument above. Any one else care to comment? Big Jim Fae Scotland 15:47, 26 Mar 2004


 * Actually I don't think chronological order is an important issue. How do you feel about this proposal Talk:Scottish Socialist Party/Proposal?. It would require moving the details of the first SSP to a new stub article. Saul Taylor 23:42, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Saul, good idea mate. Only change I would make in the note at the top is the current party were formed in '98, NOT '88. Big Jim Fae Scotland 09:39, 27 Mar 2004


 * Thanks for catching my mistake. Since no one object I have now implemented my proposal, I think the article looks a lot better now than either of the other previous versions. Saul Taylor 14:26, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Why is the ideology said to be democratic socialism rather than Trotskyism or Marxism? I thought that Militant, SWP, CWI etc were all Trotskyist groups? 217.44.206.197 19:39, 1 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Because democratic socialism is their stated aim. Most members of the group are independents who are not members of any of these Trotskyist groups and presumably are not all Marxists, let alone Trotskyists.  Besides, the main platform is probably best described as ex-Trotskyist. Warofdreams 11:01, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

"Left wing" vs. "far left"
There seems to be a developing edit war over whether the SSP is best described as a "left-wing" party or a "far-left" party. I believe left-wing is more appropriate, for two main reasons. First, it seems more accurate, as the Wikipedia far left article characterizes the far left as less willing to work within the current institutional framework, giving as examples anarchists, Maoists and Trotskyists. The SSP, by contrast, has a democratic socialist ideology and several MSPs. Additionally, the article notes that "far left" is often used pejoratively within the English-speaking world, raising concerns about WP:NPOV. I'll standardize the article to "left-wing" (it currently uses both terms) and will revert any further warring unless these comments are discussed. -David Schaich Talk/Contrib 06:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I concur with you. &mdash; Nightst a  llion  (?) 21:30, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Criticisms
It is very important that criticisms are sourced. For organisations still in existance, the situation is similar to that described at Verifiability. Besides, while it is of course true that many groups have criticisms of the SSP, those listed are the criticisms made by the SWP in particular. Warofdreams talk 13:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I think the "Groups such as" opening makes it clear that criticism of the SSP is not restricted to the SWP, even though their statement is what's being discussed in the paragraph. I like Warofdreams's version.  -David Schaich Talk/Cont 14:03, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

The problem with this is that I am not a member of the SWP and I hold this view, as do many of the Left that I talk to who are not members of the SWP as do many who split with the SSP lots of whom are not members of the SWP. So the statement is currently not currect and needs to be amended so that it acknowledges this. I am happy to experiment with different forms of wording until we reach agreement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashion1 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 16 October 2006


 * I don't understand how this assertion in any way contradicts the current wording. Could you explain? Warofdreams talk 00:37, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't, now, because I have reworded it so it is factually correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashion1 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 19 October 2006

Republicanism in Scotland
Would any of the editors of this article be interested in starting up the Republicanism in Scotland article? For examples of the layout and scope of articles of this type, please see Category:Republicanism. --Mais oui! 12:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Platform (Scottish politics)
Since the distinctive Scottish use of this term left me puzzled, I've cobbled together this article. Please help me make it better. -- Orange Mike 01:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC) (in Milwaukee, home of America's only successful social democrats)
 * It's not specific to Scottish politics. The LCR, for example, is also home to several platforms. Warofdreams talk 03:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Which LCR? ("TLAs are NFG!") And do they call them "platforms" rather than tendencies, caucuses or groups?-- Orange Mike 04:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that'd be the Revolutionary Communist League (France). To be honest, I don't know what they call them, but I've only ever seen the term translated as "Platform".  They currently have Platforms numbered 1 to 4. Warofdreams talk 04:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, translation can be treacherous, as you know. I know that at one time there was the famous Groupe Bolchevik-Leniniste (GBL) within the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière. Is the term in French "groupe" with your translator using the familiar "platform" to translate? If this "platform" is truly a European usage, then so be it, we'll rename the article and take out the WikiProjectScotland tag; but if it's a Scots peculiarity, so be it.-- Orange Mike 04:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Definitely not "group". A search shows that it is "plateforme", which I should have guessed, really. Warofdreams talk 04:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Got you! Moved it to Platform (European politics) for now. You are invited to improve it, as I'm from a non-Trotskyist background (I get the feeling this is mostly Trotskyist in origin?) and may get the nuances wrong. -- Orange Mike  04:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Tbh I'm not sure this really needs a seperate article,does the political factions entry not cover this - perhaps a better solution would be to start a section in there on terminology. Ms medusa 22:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

2007 results
The article notes that their 2007 results were much worse than their 2003 results, but doesn't give any explanation as to why. Is there some particular reason for the large downturn in their support? --Delirium 18:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The split by supporters of Tommy Sheridan caused the decline in vote. Added together, the left parties did similarly. --Duncan 23:27, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * In 2003 the SSP got 117,709 constituency votes and 128,026 list votes. In 2007 it withdrew in all but one constituency and got 525 votes whilst for the list it got 12,731 list votes (fewer even than the Socialist Labour Party). Sheridan's Solidarity got 31,066 list votes but that leaves over 80,000 voters who didn't vote for either - perhaps the SNP gobbling up the protest vote or just "a plague on both your houses" reaction to the split. Timrollpickering 19:51, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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Radical left-wing?
Can the SSP really be described as "a radical left-wing Scottish political party", when Wikipedia defines Radical Left as:

"an umbrella term to describe those who adhere explicitly and openly to revolutionary socialism or communism".

The SSP may be considered a radical party compared to the parties of the centre-ground, but this article might lead some people to think they are a revolutionary party. Some platforms in the party claim to be revolutionary, but as a whole, the party's parliamentarianism and policies are broadly democratic socialist. Jh39 (talk) 18:30, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Full Manifesto
My site has a copy of the full Scottish Socialist Party Manifesto and their '12 point plan' page. We're driving towards having all English-language political manifestos of every political party in the world on our site in the same/similar format (which is why I thought it may be useful for Wikipedia). All the content, except the '12 point plan' page are contained in PDF files on the SSP website. As more and more manifestos are added over time, in my opinion, it could become a useful resource for Wikipedia. Scottish Socialist Party Manifesto Declaration of Interest: I own the site so shouldn't add the link myself. Jdfjurn (talk) 14:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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