Comments on: More On Tommy Sheridan

By: alan

alan — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:21:33 +0000

as a party member tommy has dragged us into oblivion based on his arrogance.. all the ordinary activist are confused and hurt by his actions, his morales and lack of character... he has at every turn sought to damage the party by his self seeking arrogant selfishness...return never he is no longer considered a socialist by large sways of this party .. and the unholy alliance of the swp and cwi who are supporting tommy want the ssp destroyed the swp want respect to come north and the cwi to substantuate there old style dogma of flawed politics..

By: Jack Mottram

Jack Mottram — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:24:41 +0000

I think that everyone in the SSP wants Tommy to stay as a member and MSP.

Good.

Right now we need to unite and focus.

Can't argue with that, Alister!

Speaking as a non-member, but as someone who tends to vote for the SSP, it's not Tommy's alleged naughtiness that would put me off if I were a potential first time SSP voter, it's the growing impression that the party is soured by factions and fighting. (Not, obviously, that I'm going to start voting Labour because they're all on message!)

Interesting that you see Tommy doing a Salmond at some point - it's a shame this wasn't handles better, as a quiet and quick resignation, followed by a quiet period in Parliament, then a return to the leadership would've worked well for everyone (bar the anti-Sheridan types), but now the story is going to run and run, and the press will be digging for splits in the Party, which I imagine will make it more and more tricky for Tommy to return.

By: alister

alister — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:06:28 +0000

I think that everyone in the SSP wants Tommy to stay as a member and MSP. I certainly do. A Salmond-like return to the leadership would be a strong possibility too at some point in the future. Right now we need to unite and focus.

By: Jack Mottram

Jack Mottram — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:47:12 +0000

Yeah, I saw that after posting yesterday. 'Satirical' is pushing it a bit, though. 'Crap' is probably closer!

By: Tommy Gates

Tommy Gates — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:51:19 +0000

Looks like someone else beat you to the TommyGate title - there's already a satirical website going by that name.

By: Jack Mottram

Jack Mottram — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:51:03 +0000

Good point, Alister - I'll add a note to the post to clear that up, sorry for letting it slip past.

Though now you've got me wondering about Tommy's future in the party. I mean, it's conceivable that certain groups within the SSP might not be too keen on him remaining a 'backbencher' with an abnormally high profile (eg. if Tommy took a stand against some future SSP policy it would naturally lead to voter confusiion, or, worse still, you could end up with an unnofficial Sheridan-supporting platform within the Party, organising against whoever ends up on top/the collective leadership)

By: alister

alister — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:59:27 +0000

Depressing yes, but why does the article say Tommy will be an independent? He is still an SSP member and MSP. I can't see that changing. Furthermore John Curtice's calculations don't add up. We would lose two out of six with a 1% drop. And a lot can happen in two years.