Sport and the Arts in Scotland“”
1. Investment in Scottish talent
The Scottish Christian Party supports investment in proven successful sports, sports unique to Scotland, and pioneering sportsmen training in Scotland. Scots men and women competing at the Olympic level and on the world stage are ambassadors for Scotland and deserve financial and promotional help. This should be a mutual benefit and there should be some tangible manner of recognising the partnership, if it is sought by individual sports people or establishments. The allocation of support to tennis, golf and football, etc., should be transparent to fulfil the public’s right to know the allocation of public funds.
The Scottish Christian Party will encourage major international events coming to Scotland as a means of promoting Scotland, our arts, our sporting facilities, and homebred talent as well as being economically beneficial to the country. We will discourage Sunday sport. We note the spiralling costs in staging the Olympics in London. Every effort must be made to ensure that the legacy of the Commonwealth Games impacts local regeneration and provides a suitable, cost effective, long term benefit to Scotland.
2. Minister for Gaelic and the Gaelic Heartlands
The Scottish Christian Party will emulate the Irish experiment of having a minister for Gaelic and the Gaelic regions of the country, enabling policy on the language to be linked to economic and social policy in peripheral regions.
3. Arts Subsidy Restrictions
The Scottish Christian Party believes that our stretched financial resources can be better spent than giving subsidies to non-Scottish based or produced, new and recent stage productions or art exhibitions. We support the removal of these subsidies, as well as subsidies for already commercially successful productions, such as West End shows on tour.
We will reallocate these subsidies to new Scottish talent, particularly to arts projects, including theatre, film, documentaries and exhibitions, which help the nation recover knowledge of Scotland’s rich Christian heritage – which has been downgraded and overlooked by successive administrations.
4. Mind Pollution Levy on 18 Certificate Films, DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Top Shelf magazines
We believes that the easy spread of pornography and violence through the media has a detrimental and costly effect upon the mental health and social well being of Scotland’s citizens. This merits an extra levy on 18 and over Certificate films, DVDs, CDs, video games and Top Shelf magazines. We believe that immorality promotes an irresponsible and unaccountable lifestyle, which expects society to pick up the bill. We will consult with local authorities on the feasibility of licensing retail outlets that stock these items.
Christian Party Members of Parliament will:
1. Investment in Scottish talent
The Scottish Christian Party supports investment in proven successful sports, sports unique to Scotland, and pioneering sportsmen training in Scotland. Scots men and women competing at the Olympic level and on the world stage are ambassadors for Scotland and deserve financial and promotional help. This should be a mutual benefit and there should be some tangible manner of recognising the partnership, if it is sought by individual sports people or establishments. The allocation of support to tennis, golf and football, etc., should be transparent to fulfil the public’s right to know the allocation of public funds.
The Scottish Christian Party will encourage major international events coming to Scotland as a means of promoting Scotland, our arts, our sporting facilities, and homebred talent as well as being economically beneficial to the country. We will discourage Sunday sport. We note the spiralling costs in staging the Olympics in London. Every effort must be made to ensure that the legacy of the Commonwealth Games impacts local regeneration and provides a suitable, cost effective, long term benefit to Scotland.
2. Minister for Gaelic and the Gaelic Heartlands
The Scottish Christian Party will emulate the Irish experiment of having a minister for Gaelic and the Gaelic regions of the country, enabling policy on the language to be linked to economic and social policy in peripheral regions.
3. Arts Subsidy Restrictions
The Scottish Christian Party believes that our stretched financial resources can be better spent than giving subsidies to non-Scottish based or produced, new and recent stage productions or art exhibitions. We support the removal of these subsidies, as well as subsidies for already commercially successful productions, such as West End shows on tour.
We will reallocate these subsidies to new Scottish talent, particularly to arts projects, including theatre, film, documentaries and exhibitions, which help the nation recover knowledge of Scotland’s rich Christian heritage – which has been downgraded and overlooked by successive administrations.
4. Mind Pollution Levy on 18 Certificate Films, DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Top Shelf magazines
We believes that the easy spread of pornography and violence through the media has a detrimental and costly effect upon the mental health and social well being of Scotland’s citizens. This merits an extra levy on 18 and over Certificate films, DVDs, CDs, video games and Top Shelf magazines. We believe that immorality promotes an irresponsible and unaccountable lifestyle, which expects society to pick up the bill. We will consult with local authorities on the feasibility of licensing retail outlets that stock these items.
Christian Party Members of Parliament will:
- invest in Scottish talent
- support a Minister for Gaelic and the Gaelic Heartlands