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| Party's post-Sheridan conference | Party's post-Sheridan conference |
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| The Scottish Socialist Party will begin its annual conference in Glasgow still reeling from the feud arising from the Tommy Sheridan defamation court case. | |
| It led to the departure of their former leader to set up an alternative socialist party. | It led to the departure of their former leader to set up an alternative socialist party. |
| The conference, which opens on Saturday at Glasgow Caledonian University, has largely been overtaken by events. | |
| It was brought forward from next spring specifically to thrash out the internal split caused by the Sheridan case. | It was brought forward from next spring specifically to thrash out the internal split caused by the Sheridan case. |
| The former party leader won £200,000 from the News of the World, despite hostile evidence from a number of party colleagues. | The former party leader won £200,000 from the News of the World, despite hostile evidence from a number of party colleagues. |
| Now, with Mr Sheridan and his supporters, including MSP Rosemary Byrne, having left the SSP to establish Solidarity, the weekend event is unlikely to be acrimonious. | Now, with Mr Sheridan and his supporters, including MSP Rosemary Byrne, having left the SSP to establish Solidarity, the weekend event is unlikely to be acrimonious. |
| However, one motion does appear to criticise the party's leadership for failing to give full support to a member who had, as it puts it, suffered "politically motivated attacks". | However, one motion does appear to criticise the party's leadership for failing to give full support to a member who had, as it puts it, suffered "politically motivated attacks". |