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Why do they sacrifice careers for television's shilling?

Oh dear, Tommy. Oh dear, oh dear. Some men are born stupid, some men achieve stupidity and some have it thrust upon them. Tommy Sheridan, erstwhile hero of the working classes, cannot lay claim to any of these alibis. He is a clever man who apparently has taken leave of his common senses. He has also mislaid that most precious and irreplaceable of commodities: his self-respect.

Oh dear, Tommy. Oh dear, oh dear. Some men are born stupid, some men achieve stupidity and some have it thrust upon them. Tommy Sheridan, erstwhile hero of the working classes, cannot lay claim to any of these alibis.