"TOMMY Sheridan was fired as leader of the Scottish Socialist Party after admitting that he attended a swingers' club, a court was told yesterday.
As the MSP's £200,000 battle against a Sunday tabloid newspaper got under way, a jury also heard that Mr Sheridan had had a series of extramarital affairs. He has launched a defamation action against the News of the World, denying allegations that he had affairs with a number of women, visited a swingers' club and enjoyed a sex "party" in a Glasgow hotel.
But lawyers for the newspaper insist claims that Mr Sheridan participated in orgies, that he was a hypocrite and that he abused his position of power are "substantially true".
If The News of the World story is true - or even 'substantially true', then Mr Sheridan is finished. Even if it is not true, then enough mud will probably stick to achieve the same result.
A further thought: Mrs Sheridan does not deserve any of this.
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