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Prepare for Constitutional Change

10 March 2014

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his six point plan for constitutional change in the UK.

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Hannan on the European Union

8 March 2014

With the European elections looming, voters may want to read A Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe by Daniel Hannan, 2012.

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Holyrood’s Shame

20 November 2013

The Scottish Parliament has debated and voted on the SNP Government’s Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill.

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Will it be a fight, a skirmish or a walkover?

16 November 2013

Fergus Ewing, MSP

A leading Government MSP will break ranks with his Party and vote against the Bill to redefine marriage.

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New Scottish Executive Council elected

15 October 2013

The SEC ballot was taken at the AGM

The ballot for the non-executive positions on the Scottish Executive Council of the Scottish Christian Party was conducted at the AGM of the party during the autumn conference in Glasgow on 12 October 2013 at The Bible Centre.

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Autumn Conference 2013

24 September 2013

The Bible Centre

The autumn conference of the Scottish Christian Party will be held in Glasgow on Saturday 12th October 2013.

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The Children Bill and the nanny state

27 July 2013

The nanny state

The SNP Government has introduced a Bill to give every child in Scotland a named person to attend to its interests and wellbeing other than its parents.

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SCP announces candidate for Aberdeen Donside by-election

16 May 2013

Tom Morrow

The SCP candidate for the Aberdeen Donside by-election is Tom Morrow, following the death of the SNP MSP Brian Adam.

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SCP National Spring Conference

1 April 2013

Kingsview Christian Centre, Inverness

The Scottish Christian Party national Spring conference is scheduled for Saturday, 13th April 2013.

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Victory for marriage in Eastleigh by-election

7 March 2013

The top three candidates in the Eastleigh by-election confessed themselves to be Christian during the Eastleigh by-election hustings.

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Christian Party candidate in Eastleigh By-election

13 February 2013

Kevin Milburn

The Christian Party has a candidate standing in the Eastleigh by-election on 28th February 2013.

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Will it be a battle or a walk-over?

29 December 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has written to prominent Christian MSPs to encourage them to mobilise their Christian constituency to support them in cross-party opposition to the redefining of marriage.

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SCP campaigns for consumers

26 December 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has begun a Consumer Campaigns page to develop its concern for the consumer.

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SNP still looking to join the euro

26 December 2012

Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister

The SNP plans to join the euro in due course, if Scotland should separate from the UK.

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Huge defence implications of Scottish Independence

5 December 2012

Lord West

The former head of the Royal Navy has accused the defence secretary of a “dereliction of duty” by refusing to plan for the break-up of the United Kingdom.

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David Cameron’s disconnect

30 November 2012

A determined David Cameron

David Cameron is resisting the call to implement the main proposal of the Leveson Report.

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What is truth? The Leveson Report

29 November 2012

Scales of justice

The Leveson Report has been published and sparked a political debate about press standards and behaviour.

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Widespread support for teaching Christianity

26 November 2012

New poll about teaching Christianity in English schools

Almost two thirds (64%) of adults questioned for an Oxford University poll agreed that pupils must know about Christianity to understand English history.

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Spring 2013 Conference

23 November 2012

Kingsview Christian Centre, Inverness

The Scottish Christian Party Spring 2013 national conference is scheduled for Saturday, 13th April 2013, in Inverness, God willing.

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Corruption must be tackled

15 November 2012

Xi Jinping, China's new leader

The new leader of China’s 1.3 billion people has announced in his first leadership speech that corruption must be tackled.

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SCP writes to The Electoral Commission

13 November 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has written to The Electoral Commission with its suggestions about the question for the 2014 Referendum on whether or not Scotland should leave the United Kingdom.

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The best is yet to come

7 November 2012

President Obama delivering his victory speech

Barack Obama, winner of the US Presidential election, has declared in his victory speech: “The best is yet to come.”

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SCP leader at international political conference in Holland

6 November 2012

SGP International Conference, Hoornbeeck College, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

The Scottish Christian Party leader gave a presentation to an international conference in Holland.

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The failure of the nanny state

30 October 2012

The nanny state

Last night BBC Panorama exposed what is wrong with our nanny state.

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The SNP’s wrong constitutional question

20 October 2012

SNP reversed its 30 year opposition to NATO and approved membership - with conditions

The SNP Conference has narrowly voted to change its long-held opposition to membership of NATO in yesterday’s debate at its conference in Perth.

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Agreement on a Referendum on Scottish independence from the UK

15 October 2012

Agreement between Westminster and Holyrood Parliaments

So now we have it.  The deal has been signed and the Scottish referendum will take place before the end of 2014.

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It seems Scotland and the UK will have new constitutions come what may

12 October 2012

Magna Carta

It appears that there will be a constitutional debate and review whatever is the result of the vote on Scottish separation from the UK.

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One Nation under Ed or one Kingdom under God?

6 October 2012

Ed forgets about Scotland again.  Picture: SCParchive

Instead of “One Nation under Ed”, the leader of the Scottish Christian Party has reminded their autumn conference in Glasgow that the UK is “One Kingdom under God.”

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Miliband finds a sensible policy

2 October 2012

Ed Miliband, MP

At last we have a sensible policy from Ed Miliband.

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Labour’s three-line whip on marriage vote

29 September 2012

Chain whip

Ed Miliband’s support for redefining marriage is likely to result in a three-line whip on Labour MPs.

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Why should the public trust Nick Clegg?

19 September 2012

Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has apologized in a forthcoming Party political broadcast for breaking the pledge made to students not to raise tuition fees

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Autumn Conference 2012

11 September 2012

Perth 2007 Conference. Photograph: DW

The autumn conference of the Scottish Christian Party will be held in Glasgow on 6th October 2012.

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Congratulations to Andy Murray

11 September 2012

Murray enters the record books

After 76 years waiting for a Grand Slam victory by a British man in tennis, Andy Murray has delivered for himself, Scotland and Britain, and he has entered the record books.

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Archbishop of Canterbury calls for more Christians in politics

8 September 2012

Dr Rowan Williams

Slowly, more voices are entering the public arena saying that faith should be discussed more publicly by public persons.

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David Cameron promotes assisted suicide

8 September 2012

Anna Soubry

David Cameron has reshuffled his cabinet and taken the opportunity to appoint a health minister who supports assisted suicide.

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Redefining rape

21 August 2012

Society's sexual addiction

The latest word being considered for redefinition is rape.

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Christian Party Mayor elected in Wales

18 August 2012

Mayor Jeff Green

The Christian Party in Wales has become the first faith-based political party in the UK to win a mayoral election.

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Atheist Russia convicts of blasphemy

17 August 2012

There has been worldwide support for the three members of a Russian punk band Pussy Riot, sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism and blasphemy.

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SNP Government shames Scotland

25 July 2012

Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister

The SNP Government has announced that it will introduce a Bill later in 2012 to redefine marriage to include homosexual partnerships.

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Congratulations to Sir Chris Hoy

23 July 2012

Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy has been chosen to lead team GB at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics on Friday 27/7/2012.

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Criminalising parental discipline

17 July 2012

Anti-smacking groups want to ban parents smacking their children.

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Co-founder of the Christian Party is translated to Glory

7 July 2012

William Thompson and George Hargreaves at the SCP inaugural meeting in Parliament Hall, St Andrews Nov 2006

William Thompson, the co-founder of the Christian Party, has fallen asleep in Jesus.

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The eurozone’s shotgun marriage

29 June 2012

The eurozone’s political union creeps ever closer.

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SCP response to the Westminster civil marriage consultation

14 June 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has published its submission to the Westminster Government’s consultation on redefining marriage.

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Denmark forces its national church to unite homosexual couples

11 June 2012

The Danish parliament has voted by 85-24 to compel its Established church to carry out unions for homosexual couples that are identical to heterosexual marriage celebration.

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European political union?

9 June 2012

First there was the European Economic Community (EEC), then there is the European Union, and now German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the EU needs “a political union first and foremost.”

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SCP response to the assisted suicide consultation

8 June 2012

The SCP has submitted its response to the assisted suicide consultation.

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Remembering and commemorating 60 years of royal rule

5 June 2012

The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, preached a thoughtful sermon on dedication at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee thanksgiving service today in St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Conservative Government’s erroneous beliefs

25 May 2012

The Westminster Government’s consultation exercise on how to redefine marriage is based upon a wrong belief.

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Theresa is no prophetess - where now with immigration?

24 May 2012

“Listen very carefully, I will say this only once”, teased Theresa May at the Tory Party conference in 2010.

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The thought police have reached the GMC

11 May 2012

The General Medical Council which regulates medical doctors has produced a new publication called “Protecting patients: your rights as lesbians, gay and bisexual people”.

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SCP respond to Independence Consultation

11 May 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has published its response to the SNP Government’s consultation about the question on the ballot paper and the process for the referendum on Scottish Independence.

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Our nanny state needs parenting lessons

8 May 2012

Our nanny state is failing its children.

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A good day for the Christian Party

5 May 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has cut its teeth in the local council elections held on 3rd May 2012.

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Labour and SNP up; Tories and Lib Dems down

4 May 2012

The local council elections on 3rd May 2012 have seen a recovery of Labour under Ed Miliband’s leadership, at the expense of the ConDem alliance.

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Local council election backlash against SNP redefining marriage

1 May 2012

There is growing evidence that the local council elections will be used by Christians and Muslims to register their displeasure with the SNP government’s attempt to include homosexual partnerships in a redefinition of marriage.

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Glasgow follows London in abandoning God’s holiday

25 April 2012

When the Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer swept aside the Lord’s Day for the London Olympics in his recent budget, the green light was given to Glasgow to follow suit.

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Unequal evangelism in UK society

13 April 2012

The homosexual lobby can spread their message on London buses but not Christian groups.

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Scotland’s cultural revolution

30 March 2012

The CARE for Scotland Parliamentary Officer has claimed that our country is going through a cultural revolution similar to China.

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SCP field 26 candidates in the Scottish Local Council elections

30 March 2012

The Scottish Christian Party has fielded 26 candidates in 10 of Scotland’s 32 local councils for the elections on 3rd May 2012.

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European Court of Human Rights overturns humanist opinion on marriage

23 March 2012

European judges have decided that changing civil partnerships into marriage is not a human right.

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London opens for business on the Lord’s Day

21 March 2012

George Osborne in his budget today has swept away the Sunday Trading Laws for the Olympics.

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Prominent Lib Dem resigns over redefining marriage

16 March 2012

Lady Johnston, the widow of Lord Russell-Johnston, a former Leader of The Scottish Liberal Party and Deputy Leader of The Liberal Democrats, has resigned from the Liberal Democratic Party.

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SNP 1-2-3?

16 March 2012

Today’s SNP Party political broadcast majors on music and song rather than substantial argument, in keeping with the dumbing down of politics and thought in public life.

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Spring Conference

14 March 2012

Meal break discussions

The Scottish Christian Party had another successful conference in Glasgow on 10 March 2012.

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Liberty of conscience - which conscience?

8 March 2012

The debate on ‘same sex marriage’ on Question Time tonight shows the line shifting in the sand.

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The Language Battle

3 March 2012

Redefining our language: Newspeak

The language battle has joined the language barrier.

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How bad is our legislation?

29 February 2012

Two midwives have lost a legal battle to avoid taking part in abortion procedures because of their “conscientious objections”.

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Do these men need each other?

29 February 2012

Alex Salmond and Rupert Murdoch met - to discuss matters of interest to Scotland?

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Coalition for marriage

24 February 2012

A new coalition has formed to fight the Westminster Government’s consultation on how to change the definition of marriage.

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UK abortions include sex-selection

23 February 2012

Undercover journalism has exposed the practice of sex-selection in the UK’s abortion industry.

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Robert Peston on faith

21 February 2012

Just as the atheists want to abolish faith, it is back on the agenda again - but in the financial world.

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Where is the official opposition?

21 February 2012

The main opposition parties in Holyrood have united to support the SNP Government’s attempt to redefine marriage.

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Rupert Murdoch still pulling the strings

20 February 2012

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch favours Scottish independence, which he has announced on his Twitter account, the social media network.

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What should we learn from the Greek financial crisis?

17 February 2012

BBC’s Newsnight discussed tonight the horror of Greece defaulting on its debt, and the inability of Greece to service its debt over the next decade or more.  This is a rock and hard place for everyone concerned.

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Clash of legal jurisdictions as muslim activist is released from prison

13 February 2012

One of the UK’s most extreme muslim activists is to be released from Long Lartin top-security jail today.

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Rick Santorum rattles Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign

8 February 2012

The Republican US presidential candidate’s race has taken a new turn.

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Hester supporting bankers’ bonuses

8 February 2012

In an interview with the BBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland boss has said nothing to alter the bonus culture mentality.

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Does this sound familiar?

31 January 2012

The prophecy of Amos, chapter 8 tells us that the Lord will never forget v7 the sins of profiteering at the expense of the poor vv4-6 and impatience with the Sabbath v5.

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The Big Debate

26 January 2012

The Big Debate on BBC Scotland 25/1/2012 was a big flop.

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David McLetchie opposed to redefining marriage

14 January 2012

The former leader of the Scottish Tories opposes the change in the definition of marriage.

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We want clarity

13 January 2012

It is time for Alex Salmond to come clean on what he means by Independence for Scotland.

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Alex Salmond flushed out

11 January 2012

Alex Salmond has been forced to announce Autumn 2014 as his preferred date for the Referendum on Scottish independence.

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A positive message about marriage

5 January 2012

“Mend it – don’t end it” is the message from a High Court family judge to feuding couples contemplating divorce.

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Join the campaign against Islamic terror

24 December 2011

The Scottish Christian Party has added its voice to the campaign to deliver Youcef Nadarkhani from the death penalty in Iran.

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Why is David Cameron speaking up for Christianity?

17 December 2011

David Cameron has said that the UK is a Christian country “and we should not be afraid to say so”. It is good to hear the Prime Minister articulating a key policy of the Scottish Christian Party.

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Anti-sectarian Bill passed after Alex Salmond’s pressure

16 December 2011

Alex Salmond’s antisectarian Bill was pushed through the Scottish Parliament by 64 to 57 votes.

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Tesco support of London Gay Pride

16 December 2011

The Scottish Christian Party has complained about Tesco’s support of London Gay Pride.

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Can Scotland debate?

13 December 2011

Few people seem aware of the issues at stake in the debate on redefining marriage to include homosexual couples.

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The shot-gun marriage failed

10 December 2011

The europolitical attempt to force more political integration in the European Union has failed to include the UK in this shot-gun marriage.

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Scottish Government Marriage Consultation not Fit for Purpose

9 December 2011

The Scottish Christian Party has published its response to the SNP Government’s consultation on the redefinition of marriage, which was publicised at a recent Press Conference in Inverness.

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Moving the goalposts

8 December 2011

It has transpired that those outside Scotland have been surreptitiously completing the Scottish Government’s questionnaire online.

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The Kirk gets it right - for the most part

1 December 2011

The Church of Scotland has come out against the SNP Scottish Government’s desire to redefine marriage to include homosexual partnerships.

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Lib Dem Scottish leader does not understand

1 December 2011

The Lib Dem Scottish leader has said that he does not understand Christian concerns for marriage.

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Media non-coverage

30 November 2011

The BBC Scotland news gave 20 seconds of coverage to the Scotland for Marriage protest.

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Suggested answers and simplified questionnaire

23 November 2011

The Scottish Christian Party has produced a simplified questionnaire with the answers it recommends to the SNP Scottish Government Consultation on redefining marriage.

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SCP respond to Redefinition of Marriage Consultation

19 November 2011

The Scottish Christian Party has published its response to the SNP Government’s consultation on the redefinition of marriage and adding religious ceremonies to civil partnership registration.

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Is China actually bankrupt?

18 November 2011

A Chinese economics professor has declared China bankrupt.

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Polygamy is already recognised in UK legislation: it is time to close this loophole

17 November 2011

A legal loophole is allowing international law to change the law in the UK.

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Scottish Tories follow suit

4 November 2011

The Scottish Tories have voted for David Cameron’s acolyte as leader of the Scottish Tories.

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