 In 2006, Tommy Sheridan, formerly convenor of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), successfully sued the newspaper "News of the World" for defamation after they printed a series of articles containing allegations that an MSP had had affairs and visited a sex club.Sheridan was awarded £200,000 in damages, which he has still not received pending an appeal.Controversy over the case led to a split in the SSP shortly afterwards, with Sheridan forming a breakaway party, Solidarity.