The Alliance to Liberate Scotland – whose sole issue is to fight for independence – have selected Tommy as lead candidate in Glasgow, with wife Gail also joining the list for the city.
Tommy and Gail Sheridan are set to stand for another political party after the demise of Alba.
The Alliance to Liberate Scotland – whose sole issue is to fight for independence – have selected former Socialist MSP Tommy as lead candidate in Glasgow, with wife Gail also joining the list for the city.
The move comes just days after it was announced the late Alex Salmond’s Alba is to wind up and deregister after being left financially unviable amid a police probe into alleged financial “irregularities”.
Sheridan – who was jailed for perjury in 2010 after claims he attended swinging parties – had been part of a group bidding to take over leadership and save Alba.
But now he has now accepted Alba is no longer an option.
He told the Record: “The Alliance to Liberate Scotland is a single issue party and that issue is Scottish independence. After the sad demise of the Alba party the Alliance asked me to lead their challenge in the Glasgow Region. I am proud to do so.
“A vote for the Alliance party is a vote for prioritising Scottish independence. Of course I have my own opinions on the other important issues in Scotland but without our independence we can’t tackle poverty, homelessness and the chronic underfunding of our essential public services like our NHS and local councils.
“More and more independence supporters recognise the futility of giving List votes to the SNP because they simply don’t count under the voting system. Now they have a serious independence option not just in Glasgow but across Scotland”.
Former British ambassador turned indy campaigner Craig Murray has been selected to lead the Alliance’s List in the Lothians.
Murray was jailed for eight months after he posted a series of articles online about the former First Minister Alex Salmond’s high court case in 2020.
He served four months in prison before being granted parole.
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