THE Scottish Resistance are holding an event on Sunday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of their heckling of former Labour leader Jim Murphy and comedian Eddie Izzard in St Enoch’s Square.
It was a protest that they say was “key” to the downfall of the Scottish Labour party, and led to the resignation of Murphy two weeks later.
The actual anniversary was two weeks ago, but Resistance member Sean Clerkin says everyone was too busy with the election then.
Murphy resigned on May 16 last year, following a devastating General Election defeat, and Clerkin believes the Scottish Resistance’s protest played a big part in that result.
“It was the beginning of the end for him,” Clerkin says. “We’re speaking out against the red and blue Tories. Austerity – look what it’s doing to the people. Trident – look what it’s doing. We need indyref2 in the next few years.”
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