Fox targets Chancellor in his Westminster lair at election

Published date: 23 February 2010

SCOTTISH Socialist Party leader Colin Fox is to stand against Chancellor Alistair Darling in his Edinburgh South West Seat at the general election.

The former Lothians MSP said: "I will challenge Alastair Darling on his stewardship of the economy, the fact that he took this country into the deepest and worst recession in 80 years and because he now intends to sacrifice the jobs and services of working people to pay for his incompetence and the bankers' greed."
Mr Fox said the SSP would fight ten seats at the election, concentrating on two key issues – the economy and Afghanistan.
Also standing in Edinburgh South West will be Caroline Bellamy, a sewing machinist, representing the Communist League.