| Rosie Kane | |
 |
|
|
|
|
| In office 2003 – 2007 |
|
| Constituency | Glasgow region |
|---|---|
|
|
|
| Born | June 5, 1961 Glasgow |
| Political party | Scottish Socialist Party |
| Spouse | none (divorced) |
| Children | 2 daughters, Nicola 21 and Susanne 19 |
| Residence | Glasgow |
Rosie Kane (born on June 5, 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Socialist Party politician, and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow Region. Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998 and is still active today Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998 and is still active today Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected Constituencies and council areas In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes Election results 2007 Scottish Parliament election
Kane became an MSP in the second elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2003, losing her seat in the 2007 election. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral The Scottish Parliament election 1999 was the first General election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on May 6, 1999. The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament She is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). The Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, USA
Contents |
Background
Kane entered politics after becoming involved in a campaign against the extension of the M77 motorway. The M77 motorway is a Motorway in Scotland. It originally began in southern Glasgow at the M8 motorway at Kinning park, and terminates
In 1996 she was the first ever candidate of the newly formed Scottish Socialist Alliance when she contested a Glasgow City Council by-election in the Toryglen ward, an area threatened by the M74 extension plan, and came third with 18%. The Scottish Socialist Alliance ( SSA) was a coalition of left-wing bodies in Scotland which existed from 1996 to 1998, and was the forerunner A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
After this she was an election candidate a number of times for the Scottish Socialist Alliance and its successor the Scottish Socialist Party. This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998 and is still active today
She served on the National Executive committee of the party for a number of years and as the party's environmental spokesperson, writing a column "One World" for the Scottish Socialist Voice. The Scottish Socialist Voice is a Scottish political newspaper published by the Scottish Socialist Party.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Kane stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003, and was placed second on the party's list in Glasgow region. She was elected alongside Tommy Sheridan, who was first on the list. Tommy Sheridan (born 7 March 1964 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Socialist Politician. [1] In her victory speech, she stated how she planned to shake up the Parliament, stating "They're going to be amazed at all the madness and craziness that's going to happen in there". [2]
MSPs are required to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen before they can take their seat in Parliament. An oath of allegiance is an Oath whereby a subject or Citizen acknowledges his/her duty of Allegiance and swears loyalty to his Monarch For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II As the Scottish Socialist Party is a republican party, their MSPs held various protests during the oath ceremony, during which Kane took her oath with her hand raised which had the words "My oath is to the people" written on it. Republicanism, in the United Kingdom, is the movement which seeks to remove the British monarchy and replace it with a Republic that has a non- [3]
In December 2006 she was selected as the top candidate for her party on the Glasgow regional list for the Scottish Parliament election, 2007. The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament The SSP polled 2,579 votes in the Glasgow region and failed to gain re-election.
Campaigning
Kane is active in the fight to end the detention of children at Dungavel asylum detention centre, as well as campaigns for migrants rights and against dawn raids. Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre is an Immigration detention facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the town of Strathaven that is A dawn raid is a visit by the Police, Immigration officers or other officials in the early morning hoping to use the element of Surprise to arrest targets She personally paid the bail for a Cameroonian woman called Mercy Ikolo and her Ireland-born 18 month old baby to allow them to leave the centre, inviting them to stay with her and her daughters in their tenement flat until their visa issues were resolved. The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa.
In 2005 Kane accepted an invitation to meet Fidel Castro at a conference in Cuba. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la [4] Later that year she caused controversy when she took part in an anti-nuclear protest, locking herself to a model nuclear submarine outside the Scottish parliament. A nuclear submarine is a Submarine powered by Atomic energy. Previously conventional submarines used diesel engines that required air for moving on the [5]. She was fined £150 for the demonstration, and was imprisoned in Cornton Vale for 14 days in October 2006 for refusing to pay the fine. Cornton Vale is a women's prison in Stirling, operated by the Scottish Prison Service. In January 2007 she was arrested but not charged for taking part in a peaceful anti-nuclear demonstration at Faslane, as part of the Faslane 365 campaign. The anti-nuclear movement is a loosely-linked international social movement opposed to the use of nuclear technologies Along with HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth, Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB Clyde is one of the Royal Navy 's three operational bases Faslane Peace Camp is a permanent Peace camp sited alongside Faslane Naval base in Argyll and Bute, Scotland ( Google Maps link
In June 2005, along with fellow socialist MSPs Carolyn Leckie, Frances Curran and Colin Fox, she was suspended from the Scottish Parliament for the month of September for disrupting parliamentary proceedings in a peaceful protest in the chamber. Carolyn Leckie is a Scottish Socialist Party politician and former member of the Scottish Parliament for central Scotland Frances Curran (born 21 May 1961, Glasgow) is joint national spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (along with Colin Fox) Colin Fox (born June 17 1959, Motherwell) is the joint national spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (along with Frances Curran They were highlighting the issue of the right to protest outside the Gleneagles Hotel, the site of the 31st G8 summit. The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury Hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The 31st G8 summit was held from July 6 to July 8 2005 at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder
She has also campaigned against the treatment of toxic waste in South East Glasgow, against water fluoridation and against GM crops. Toxic waste is waste material often in chemical form that can cause death or injury to living creatures Water fluoridation is the addition of a chemical to increase the concentration of Fluoride Ions in Drinking water with the purpose of reducing the Genetically modified (GM foods are food items that have had their DNA changed through Genetic engineering.
Other information
In late 2003 she announced that she was taking a short break from politics to deal with clinical depression. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression She returned to work early in 2004.
She had a regular column "Rosie Kane" in the Sunday Mail until 6 May 2007. The Sunday Mail is a Scottish Tabloid Newspaper published every Sunday Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
She was one of several SSP members who were witnesses in Sheridan v News International. Sheridan v News International (Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd
References
- ^ "New faces gain as Labour lose seats" BBC News
- ^ "Holyrood set for 'craziness'" BBC News
- ^ "Oath protest as MSPs start work" BBC News
- ^ "Kane expresses Cuban solidarity" BBC News
- ^ "MSP arrested in anti-nuclear demo" BBC News
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic