Sheridan Borrows to Save the Party; Leader and a Colleague Take Out (Pounds) 39,000 Loans

The Herald › October 27, 2004

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TOMMY Sheridan, convener of the Scottish Socialists, and one of his parliamentary comrades have been forced to take out personal loans to bail out the party as it heads for a (pounds) 200,000 deficit.

Mr Sheridan, list MSP for Glasgow, and Rosemary Byrne, list MSP for the South of Scotland, have each borrowed (pounds) 39,000, secured against their parliamentary salaries, to make inroads into the party's debt.

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Sheridan Borrows to Save the Party; Leader and a Colleague Take Out (Pounds) 39,000 Loans

This money, half their earnings as MSPs, previously went straight to the party, as remains the case with the SSP's other four MSPs.

Mr Sheridan yesterday confirmed there...

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