The Scottish Jacobite Party was a

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. It was registered with the

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on 8 July 2005, and launched in Glenfinnan to coincide with the 31st G8 summit and roughly with the 260th anniversary of

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raising his standard there in 1745. Though

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means the restoration of the

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to the throne of Scotland or the UK, the party was republican; leader Dr John Black told ''

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'' that "It is an attempt to tie into the romance of Scottish history. Look, if you can rebrand Labour into

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, it is surely a minor matter to rebrand "Jacobite" as republican and non-religious". The party's ideal Scottish republic would be outside the

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but use the

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. The party had three members – the minimum required under British law – and was entirely self-funded. In the 2007 Scottish elections, the party nominated one candidate, John Black, who won 309 votes in Dumbarton constituency, and 446 votes in the West of Scotland region. Its total expenditure was returned as £528, the lowest of any party to submit a return. It filed an e-petition calling for a Scottish independence day. The SJP was de-registered and removed from the Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties on 19 July 2007, but re-registered on 22 March 2010. John Black received 156 votes for this party in the 2010 election in

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. Chris Black polled 134 votes in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk. The party de-registered again on 14 March 2011Search Results - Deregistered Political Parties search result for term Jacobite
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