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Originally Posted by Chris
The Socialists wiped themselves out at the last Holyrood elections by indulging in a good old fashioned leftie schism. Actually it was the whole question of whether or not Sheridan was lying about the Manchester sex club that caused it. Several of them went into the witness box to say it was true, others insisted it was false. The libel jury found it was false. Sheridan then left the SSP and formed a rival party. Neither party scored any seats in the subsequent election, which takes some doing under the proportional system used here.
To cut to the quick: I don't think the 'Establishment' - whatever that's supposed to be - has anything to fear from Tommy Sheridan or any of the other clowns he used to associate with.
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That's a fair summary of the background, although I didn't realise they were part of a circus too.
I so think there does seem to be an element of vendetta in this. I'm not defending Sheridan, I think he's an opportunist, but we are talking here about a possible perjury in civil action, it's not cash for questions, or honours or illegal donation or misappropriation of public funds. In fact £1million for the enquiry (so far) has already topped the cash for honours enquiry.