PEOPLE with no party affiliations are being invited to join
disaffected Tories at Thursday's launch of a new Scottish political
party.
The Scottish Christian Democrats are due to be inaugurated at a
meeting in Thurso's Pentland Hotel on Thursday.
The groundwork for the centre-right party has been laid by a former
Conservative Party member, Mr Neil Macinnes, a consultant from Halkirk
in Caithness.
Mr Macinnes says he has found support for his initiative in the
Central Belt, Dundee, Aberdeenshire, Banff and Buchan, and the west
coast.
He said yesterday: ''It is obvious from correspondence received daily
that there is a large void in Scottish politics.
''A party which can bring honesty and integrity back to Scottish
politics, based on strong Christian values, is long overdue.'' Mr
Macinnes said the new party is being borne out of the widespread
perception that the Tories have abandoned Scotland.
The Government, he said, has decimated the coal-mining, steel,
shipbuilding, and car industries, has lost credibility with its defence
policies, and is increasingly viewed as having lost touch with the
fishing industry, farmers, and crofters.
He said: ''The overwhelming response is that of people who need a
voice, but have felt resigned to becoming politically neutral during
elections because no other party has the centre-right policies which
support Scotland, its people and its industries.''
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