New Politics for a New Scotland

Robert Burns wrote of the event:
We're bought and sold for English gold -
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

11 th September 1997 On the 700 th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge and two hundred and ninety years after the Scottish Parliment had been adjourned, the Scottish people voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to set up a Scottish Parliament with tax-raising powers.

6 th May 1999 The first elections were held to the parliament. 129 seats (73 constituencies and 56 regional list seats) were contested using the D'Hondt form of proportional representation.

12 th May 1999 The first meeting of the reconvened parliament: Dr Winifred Ewing MSP, acting Presiding Officer and Mother of the Scottish Parliament utters the historic words 'The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25 th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened.'

1 st July 1999 The Scottish parliament assumed its powers when it was opened by the Queen of Scots in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Rothesay and the Scots Crown.
For many, the most moving part of the ceremony was when Sheena Wellington sang Burns' A man's a man for a that

Scottish Politics Pages

Everything you always wanted to know about Scottish politics but were afraid to ask. Comprises more than 1,000 different files and over 500 graphics.
The site that caused an amusing cyber war between Labour and the Scottish National Party
http://www.alba.org.uk/

Scottish Politics on the Web

A webring for Scottish Politics web sites
http://www.alba.org.uk/scotpol/

Scottish Politics Discussion Forum

E.mail and web-based discussion group for all aspects of Scottish Politics
http://www.alba.org.uk/discussion/

The Jack McConnell Tribute Page

The Scottish Politics Pages come with a personal recommendation by Labour's top websurfer and current Scottish First Minister, Jack McConnell
http://www.alba.org.uk/jacko/

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