Sheridan And Murdoch

While Tommy Sheridan's three year sentence for perjury might very well make one wonder whether the man could win the National Lottery every week if he put his mind to it, it is gratifying to see the BBC report the announcement of his intention to "launch a legal action in relation to the phone hacking controversy surrounding the News of the World".

One could hardly imagine Keith Rupert Murdoch ever availing himself of the services of Victim Support, yet he would have been among the victims of Sheridan's crime. It is deliciously ironic that on the very day that Pollok Pot The Tartan Trot was sent down for trying to pick Keith's pocket, Keith and his minions should be sweating at the prospect of a further, and hopefully thorough, police enquiry into their own activities, as well as facing legal action at the instance of a proven perjurer.

The mental image all of this generates is of Sheridan swirling down a plughole; but just as he is to be forever lost to the plumbing, he reaches up with one hand and pulls Keith down with him, and they swirl away together. They deserve each other.