A serial pro-independence protestor is to target senior SNP figures as "members of a political elite" in the row over Holyrood's Indycamp.
Sean Clerkin announced a campaign of rallies and phone calls against nationalist veterans Linda Fabiani and Trish Marwick and three unionist MSPs he blamed for a court action to remove the Indycamp from parliamentary grounds.
Mr Clerkin was speaking on behalf of "Scottish Resistance", a fringe group that rarely musters more than a handful of protestors.
However, Scottish Resistance actions, including noisy protests against former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy during last year's general election, have received widespread media publicity.
The group were widely mocked last month when they protested against Tunnock's, the makers of teacakes, for removing Scottish symbolism from their packaging.
Mr Clerkin said: "These MSPs have threatened Indycampers - true Scottish patriots - with financial ruination and evictions. The SNP is the party of the elite and wants to control a grassroots movement but finding that it can't."
The Indycamp - pictured below - is fighting a formal eviction notice from Holyrood.
Mr Clerkin denied claims that Scottish Resistance actions harmed the cause of independence. He told The Herald: "We are not counter-productive. We are exactly the opposite and we have certainly never cost the SNP any votes."
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