Joe Middleton, Press Officer of Independence First and a representative for IF on the Interim Forum for an Independence Convention, the group which has been meeting for the last two years to establish a convention, says he has been "very impressed" by the willingness of the Scottish parties to work together with civic Scotland for independence.

He commented "It is obvious that the Scottish parties, SNP, SSP and Greens all see independence as crucial to their political objectives and all have been prepared to attend months and months of meetings to thrash out a detailed set of aims for the convention and an agreed strategy.

"The launch later this month is the culmination of a considerable amount of work by people from right across the spectrum of independence supporters and the political parties deserve congratulations for putting Scotland's interests first and co-operating on this historic endeavour."

He added "This launch is a tremendous leap forward for the independence movement. The Scottish people are tired of being divided and ruled and their representatives are, at last, working together to ensure they won't be for much longer."

Independence First is the national campaign for a referendum on independence for Scotland. Since its launch earlier this year the campaign has received support from former SSP leader Tommy Sheridan, SNP MSP’s, the Celtic League, Free Scotland Party, Scottish Independence Party and David R Ross the Scottish historian. The campaign has also received official support from the Scottish Green Party.