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George Galloway and Bob Crow Voice Support for Tommy |
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Respect MP, George Galloway and leader of the RMT, Bob Crow, have voiced their support for Tommy Sheridan in light of Sheridan's arrest on Sunday. Sheridan has been charged with perjury after a year long investigation carried out by the police into Sheridan's victorious civil defamation action against Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, a Sunday tabloid. Stories alleging Sheridan's attendance at a swinger's club in Manchester resulted in Sheridan suing the newspaper and as a result of the resulting court case, during which he sacked his legal team and represented himself, he was awarded £200,000 in damages.
George Galloway and Bob Crow, both long term political allies of Tommy Sheridan, said: 
“Tommy’s real crime in the eyes of News International is that he has spent his entire political life speaking truth to power. His has always been a powerful voice in defense of those who are routinely hounded by the tabloid press - i.e. trade unionists, asylum seekers, immigrants, and anyone who fails to conform to Rupert Murdoch distorted and perverse worldview. We expect vindictiveness from the Murdoch Press, but it is a scandal that so much public money and resources have been devoted to targeting Tommy Sheridan in this way
“Working people in Scotland saw through this farrago the first time round. I am confident they will do so again.”
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Vendetta Extends - Solidarity Statement 15th February |
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Solidarity today condemned as scandalous and unprecedented the widening vendetta being pursued by Lothian and Borders Police and the Scottish Crown office against our party and Tommy Sheridan. We can today confirm that Solidarity members Jock Penman, our national secretary Graeme McIver and our co-convener Rosemary Byrne have all now been charged with perjury by Lothian and Borders police. We expect that other Solidarity members will also be charged in the coming days. Their "crime" in the eyes of the Murdoch empire, the police and sections of the Scottish legal establishement has been to stand shoulder-to shoulder with Tommy Sheridan throughout his defamation case and since. It is for these actions that they have now been singled out and subjected to sustained police pressure and intimidation and have now been charged. Solidarity declares our 100% support for our members who are now facing perjury charges. Our members have done nothing wrong, committed no crime and consistently told the truth. They are guilty of nothing other than standing up against the reactionary bile of the News of the World and the Murdoch press.
Once again, we repeat our calls for an investigation into the reasons for this unprecedented investigation and the massive resources given to it - now exceeding £500,000 of public money has been squandered. Never before in Scottish legal history has a perjury inquiry followed a civil case. The Scottish Crown Office and Lothian and Borders Police should not be acting as agents for Rupert Murdoch's witch-hunt.
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