Free Scotland Party
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The Free Scotland Party (FSP) is a political party operating in Scotland advocating Scottish independence.
They were formed initially by Brian Nugent, a former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) who announced on January 1, 2004 that he was forming a Scottish Party advocating independence, but unlike the SNP, outside the European Union (EU). This project evolved from the Scottish Party to the Free Scotland Party. This name change was precipitated by the fact that the UK Electoral Commission refused to allow them to register the name Scottish Party, resulting in a new name becoming necessary.
The FSP had stated their intention to run candidates in the 2004 European Parliament election but in the end did not, citing the £5,000 deposit as being a factor. They contested 3 seats in the 2005 general election - Nugent stood in Orkney and Shetland, Maitland Kelly in Ochil and South Perthshire and Dallas Carter in Motherwell & Wishaw; all three failed to garner more than 1% of the vote.
They have stated that they will support measures to withdraw Scotland from the EU.
They are not to be confused with the similarly named Scottish Freedom Party which also backs Scottish independence.
External links
- FSP Website (http://freescotlandparty.org)