Where Are They Now?
A regular reader has been in touch with a query about a recent post - 'Back in the Fold' - dated 14 February 2011.
"Isn't that Councillor Tommy Williams the same firebrand socialist and supporter of Militant - from the 1980's?", the reader asks.
Well if it's the same person I'm thinking of, then - yes - I believe that's correct.
Because Tommy Williams was indeed a supporter of Militant - a controversial Trotskyite group that operated inside the Labour party for years.
Most of the Militant supporters in Scotland followed their leader - Tommy Sheridan - into the Scottish Socialist Party.
But some joined the more mainstream Labour Party - including Renfrewshire MSP Hugh Henry, if I remember correctly.
As many people know, the Scottish Socialist Party has since split - over Tommy Sheridan's court antics and his decision to set up a rival socialist party - Solidarity.
So it's a funny old world, as they say.
If you have a query - or some information to share - drop Mark Irvine a note at: markirvine@compuserve.com
"Isn't that Councillor Tommy Williams the same firebrand socialist and supporter of Militant - from the 1980's?", the reader asks.
Well if it's the same person I'm thinking of, then - yes - I believe that's correct.
Because Tommy Williams was indeed a supporter of Militant - a controversial Trotskyite group that operated inside the Labour party for years.
Most of the Militant supporters in Scotland followed their leader - Tommy Sheridan - into the Scottish Socialist Party.
But some joined the more mainstream Labour Party - including Renfrewshire MSP Hugh Henry, if I remember correctly.
As many people know, the Scottish Socialist Party has since split - over Tommy Sheridan's court antics and his decision to set up a rival socialist party - Solidarity.
So it's a funny old world, as they say.
If you have a query - or some information to share - drop Mark Irvine a note at: markirvine@compuserve.com
