TOMMY Sheridan’s Solidarity has been restored to the UK register of political parties after being kicked off over a paperwork blunder.
The Electoral Commission re-registered Solidarity, allowing it to stand candidates once more in May's Holyrood election.
The Sunday Herald revealed in November that the Commission had barred the party from elections for failing to lodge its annual statement on time.
Green activists then tried to take over the Solidarity name, but Sheridan was given a two-month grace period to get his files in order.
He has now registered and protected "Solidarity" for use on ballot papers, as well as “Hope Over Fear” and “Tommy Sheridan - Indyref2”.
Sheridan, 50, a former Glasgow MSP, is standing for Holyrood in the city again in May.
He formed Solidarity in 2006 after splitting from the Scottish Socialists over his decision to sue the now defunct News of the World for defamation after it claimed he was a swinger.
Although a jury awarded him £200,000 in damages, Sheridan was subsequently sentenced to three years in jail for perjuring himself in the case.
The publishers of the News of the World are currently trying to have the defamation verdict struck down, ending Sheridan’s claim to the £200,000.
Last week it emerged the far right British National Party had also been thrown off the register of parties for the same administrative error committed by Solidarity.
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