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Mr Sheridan, it’s fair to say, followed a very different path.  The former MSP went from socialist firebrand to convicted perjurer after suing the News of the World over claims he was an adulterer and swinger.  Tabloid allegations also led to the resignation of Tory MSP David Davidson as his party’s health spokesman in 2005. In a decidedly unhealthy move, he was accused of going on a “five-hour binge-drinking bender” before slipping on the cobbles of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and breaking his leg. There were also claims of nights spent with SNP MSP Christine Grahame.  Later...

Menu   SNP’s Alex Neil named Best Donald Dewar Debater of the Year by The Herald's panel of judges Alex Neil was judged to be the best debater. WITH the Covid crisis consuming governments and parliaments north and south of the Border, The Herald has put its annual Politician of the Year Awards on hold for 2020.  Instead of the traditional close-quarter wrangling over who should be praised for their skills and service in the previous 12 months, the judges wrangled over Zoom about who they felt was the best of the best from the past 21 years of ceremonies.  The Donald ...