v Sheridan and Sheridan. During the trial it emerged that he was the author of an affidavit to the Sunday Herald which detailed that the party had asked Sheridan to resign as convenor, citing "certain information" in the party's possession. Contrary to prior speculation it emerged that the affidavit did not contain details of the party's 9 November executive meeting. In June 2011, he published Downfall, his account of the Sheridan affair. Environmental activity In the 2010s, McCombes moved to Perthshire to work for the John Muir Trust which works to defend wild land, enhance habitats and encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to connect with wild places. In 2014, he and Roz Paterson published Restless Land: A Radical Journey Through Scotland's History. References 1955 births Living people Scottish Trotskyists Militant tendency supporters Scottish republicans Scottish Socialist Party politicians