article_snippet: Clutha was also a favoured haunt of Scottish socialist Tommy Sheridan, who led protests against the poll tax in 1989 and was jailed twice.
article_snippet: Although tee-total, his spent hours in Clutha drinking coffee before handing his over an unpaid court fine for causing a disturbance at a protest.
article_snippet: Another tee-total star often spotted in Ska band Esperanza was Scottish comedian Billy Connolly.
article_snippet: The entertainer, who now lives in the U.S., was even linked to an alleged assault at the venue in 1997 in the wake of a footballing triumph by local team Celtic.
article_snippet: Scottish comedian Billy Connolly reportedly lashed out when a press photographer tried to take a picture of a press photographer.