tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post9181107979529848504..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Tommy Sheridan: hubris and perjuryJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-39172947059642891162010-12-30T12:42:39.244+00:002010-12-30T12:42:39.244+00:00I read some of the article by the Scottish Sociali...I read some of the article by the Scottish Socialist Youth. I think Julie Birchall wrote it for them. How could anyone take them seriously again?John Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936937247932651511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-44997499234400094842010-12-30T10:08:51.446+00:002010-12-30T10:08:51.446+00:00I really would not want to get into a long argumen...I really would not want to get into a long argument on this (I agree with Socialist Worker). Nevertheless, am I right in thinking thatcooperating with the News of the World against a socialist is not to be rejected *as a matter of principle*?<br />I live in another country and certainly did not follow blow by blow accounts of this farce, but I have been told that some comrade was paid by the News of the World for their information. If this is the case, it would seem to me to be well beyond unacceptable.John Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936937247932651511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-24679809348504007002010-12-24T12:06:23.592+00:002010-12-24T12:06:23.592+00:00Essentially all the organisations that are in Soli...Essentially all the organisations that are in Solidarity are claiming he was pursued because he was a socialist conveniently forgetting that it was Sheridan who brought the law into it, no one else.<br /><br />Solidarity has been a paper organisation for a while now so it's unlikely to keep trading (meaningfully) although my gut tells me that the SSP will need some sort of rebranding to recover too.<br /><br />This might be a genuine new coalition, but it could also be by making a real splash on the host of issues the left is involved in at the moment, so people start associating them with a 'struggle' rather than a scandal.<br /><br />James: I never spotted that piece about microfinance btw - is it online?Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-68126976957590377632010-12-23T23:45:55.359+00:002010-12-23T23:45:55.359+00:00Good article Jim, I agree entirely about Tommy. So...Good article Jim, I agree entirely about Tommy. Socialist Worker is carrying a ridiculous piece of coverage which claims that he was convicted 'because he was a socialist'. I think perjury may have had something to do with it too. Like you I take no joy in his conviction, not least because its a further sad chapter in what at one time seemed like a promising development on the European left. But I think most people can see that the line the SWP took was motivated by little other than opportunism, whatever class struggle clothes they dressed it up in.<br /><br />On the plus side, I discovered while reading round this whole issue, the rather bizarre but also kind of delightful 'Leftfield magazine', the fanzine of Scottish Socialist Youth. <a href="http://issuu.com/ssyleftfield/docs/leftfield_-_august_2010" rel="nofollow">Check it out</a>. My favourite is 'Justin Bieber's North Korean tour diary'...James Onoreply@blogger.com