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Gail Sheridan expected to stand for Scottish parliament
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jan 14, 2011 02:18pm |
| Category | Speculative |
| News Date | Jan 14, 2011 02:00pm |
| Description | The wife of the disgraced socialist leader, Tommy Sheridan, is to mount a direct challenge to the former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway by standing against him at the next Scottish parliamentary elections.
Tommy Sheridan was convicted of perjury last month and is expected to be jailed for four or five years when he is sentenced at Glasgow high court in 12 days' time: a jail term of more than 12 months will legally bar him from ever being re-elected to parliament.
Galloway today said he was "surprised and hurt" by Gail Sheridan's decision, and claimed he had not finally ruled out having a joint campaign with her as his running mate. "I expressed quite serious misgivings about it but I hadn't actually formally closed any discussion about it, so, it's all a bit of a surprise," he told BBC Scotland. |
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