Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Sillars

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish politician Jim Sillars.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Jim Sillars

James Sillars is a Scottish politician and campaigner for Scottish independence. Sillars served as a Labour Party MP for South Ayrshire from 1970 to 1976. He founded and led the pro-Scottish Home Rule Scottish Labour Party in 1976, continuing as MP for South Ayrshire until he lost the seat in 1979.

Today the brightest light in the Scottish political firmament has gone out. — © Jim Sillars
Today the brightest light in the Scottish political firmament has gone out.
On 18th September 2014, between the hours of 7am and 10pm, absolute sovereign power will lie in the hands of the Scottish people. They have to decide whether to keep it, or give it away to where their minority status makes them permanently powerless and vulnerable.
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