Archie Stirling
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Archibald Hugh Stirling of Keir, more commonly known as Archie Stirling (born 18 September 1941) is laird of the Keir estate in Perth and Kinross, Scotland[1].
He is a millionaire businessman as a theatrical producer, and was a former officer in the Scots Guards.
Stirling is a nephew of Colonel Sir David Stirling, OBE, DSO who was the founder of the Special Air Service.
Stirling was married to actress Dame Diana Rigg for eight years from 1982 to 1990 with whom he has a daughter, the actress Rachael Stirling, who was born in 1977.
On 4 January 2007 BBC News reported that Stirling has begun setting up a new political party aiming to improve standards at the Scottish Parliament in order "to make Scottish politics work for the disillusioned majority", and will "also put defending the Union at the heart of its policy",[2].
The party, provisionally called the Scottish Democrats or Scottish Voice, is due to be launched in February 2007.
The BBC also reported that the party might consider endorsing others rather than fielding its own candidates for the forthcoming Holyrood elections in May 2007.
Further coverage and analysis published on 5 January 2007 is provided by The Herald [3] and The Scotsman [4]. The right wing party and Stirling are backed by an unnamed group of like-minded people who are against the break up of the United Kingdom. A breach in security has meant that information and documents have been leaked in advance of the planned launch.
