George Galloway

[dennis tooth]

Agree with that, but only in measured and reasonable doses, he's everywhere of late and was pissing me off last night. Sometimes you just wish someone would tell him to shut the fuck up.

 

 

What so we can go back to the usual dosage of cunts like this or THERESA MAY?

[Section_31]

Just because one politician gets on my tits it doesn't mean I like another annoying cunt tooth, I can multi-task.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Some typical Yorkshire mongs in the crowd last night, for sure.

 

What bastards they were. Cheering at anything anybody said about Galloway, no matter how ludicrous or how little they understood about it. If Aaronobitch had said "Galloway doesn't think the audience are a bunch of cunts, but I don't agree", they'd have cheered the cunt.

[Strontium]

Galloway the racist

 

George Galloway storms out of Oxford University: 'I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis' | Mail Online

 

'I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis': Shocking moment George Galloway storms out of Oxford University discussion because of student's nationality

 

Controversial Left-wing MP George Galloway shocked an Oxford University audience by refusing to debate with an opponent because he was Israeli.

 

To cries of ‘racism’, Mr Galloway picked up his coat and stormed out of the hall.

 

The Respect MP had been booked to appear in the debate at Christ Church college and had spoken for ten minutes in favour of the motion that ‘Israel should withdraw immediately from the West Bank’.

 

But when his opponent, Eylon Aslan-Levy, began putting the opposing view, Mr Galloway took umbrage at learning he was an Israeli.

 

Film of the incident shows Mr Aslan-Levy, 21, a third-year philosophy, politics and economics student at Brasenose College, using ‘we’ in reference to Israel.

 

Mr Galloway can be heard muttering: ‘Did he say “we”?’ before interrupting his opponent.

 

‘You said “we”,’ said the Bradford West MP. ‘Are you an Israeli?’ ‘I am, yes,’ Mr Aslan-Levy replied.

 

‘I don’t debate with Israelis. I have been misled. Sorry,’ said Mr Galloway.

[Jose Jones]

Not racist because Israeli isn't a race.

Idiotic, prejudiced and small minded, yes.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Not racist because Israeli isn't a race.

Idiotic, prejudiced and small minded, yes.

I'd say borderline racist, at least - but I suppose some (misguided) people might argue that he's taking a principled boycott too far.

 

Idiotic without a shadow of a doubt. If you're going to properly debate Israel, you have to invite someone from Israel, otherwise you're just flapping your lip at people who agree with you.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

George Galloway does debate some Israelis | Left Foot Forward

 

Given that George Galloway has been trending today on Twitter, I gather many of you will have seen the video from last night of the MP for Bradford West refusing to debate a student, one Eylon Aslan-Levy, because he is an Israeli citizen.

Galloway stated very clearly: “I don’t debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry … I don’t recognise Israel and I don’t debate with Israelis.”

This morning he tweeted this:

Israel: simple, No recognition No normalisation. Just Boycott, divestment, sanctions. Like Apartheid SA. No Apartheid in Israel-Palestine.

about 22 hours ago via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@georgegalloway

George Galloway

But has Galloway always felt this way towards Israeli citizens?

Take Sheikh Raed Salah, for example. In 2012 Salah visited the UK to attend and host a number of pro-Palestine events. He was permitted to stay in the UK for six months and as an Israeli citizen did not need a passport to do so.

However the Home Secretary Theresa May saw fit to detain Salah in his hotel in London and then in an immigration centre for 21 days.

Later he won his application to be released on bail, no doubt causing embarrassment to May and her colleagues.

Before being arrested he was scheduled to “participate in a speaking tour with Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood figure Ahmed Nofal, Viva Palestina leader George Galloway and other radicals [as well as] speak at a meeting at the UK Parliament alongside British MPs.”

Despite having common ground, did Galloway gasp a sigh of relief for not having to share a platform with an Israeli citizen? No, he broadcast an interview with Salah’s lawyer, Farouq Bajwa, on his show for PressTV, where at he calls Salah “one of the more important figures in the entire Muslim world”.

Amazingly, Galloway demonstrates knowledge that Israel allows Salah to speak freely in universities across the country. He asks: “Why is the Sheikh able to speak freely in his own country, but not here in Britain?”

To which Bajwa replies:

“It’s a very good question and I’m afraid I don’t know the answer to that one, I can only speculate that the British government in this instance is trying to be more careful about Israel’s interests than Israel is itself.”

There is no confusion here, Galloway knows this is an Israeli citizen he is talking about here. Indeed George, clarifying what the nature of why Salah has been detained, says:

“And is this just for things that he has said? He hasn’t done anything wrong; he’s free to speak publicly in what they call Israel any day of the week.”

It should also be noted that Galloway sits on the advisory board with Salah for the Global March to Jerusalem. Respect, Galloway’s party, also called for urgent action after the arrest of Salah accusing the “ConDem government [of] hypocrisy of the worst kind”.

Finally, and as an aside, the Northern Islamic Movement in Israel, which Salah is head of, put out a statement after the death of bin Laden that said (via Google Translate):

“We in the Islamic Movement condemn the assassination operation against the sheikh, the martyr Osama Bin Laden, if [reports are] true, at the hands of the American security arms.

“The assassination, if true, proves collusion of mercenaries who have sold their consciences to cursed Satan.”

I make no judgement here about Palestine, Israel, or the arrest of Salah, nor on Galloway’s politics.

I point these things out to show how Galloway feels about other citizens of Israel who he agrees with, hopefully to shed light on why it is he felt it necessary to abandon a legitimate debate in Oxford last night.

[Red_or_Dead]

He is racist - remember he wanted Suarez deported!!!

 

An utter, utter cunt of a person.

[VladimirIlyich]

He is racist - remember he wanted Suarez deported!!!

 

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While he often makes some good points on the middle eastern situation he is ultimately nothing more than a publicity seeking harlot.

[RedRazor]

While he often makes some good points on the middle eastern situation he is ultimately nothing more than a publicity seeking harlot.

 

Agreed but I think it is a lot more complex than this.

 

To me GG is the epitomy of all that is good with our political system. He has his views and argues them very convincingly and eloquently. He doesn't look to make allies with any political faction or party and will stick the boot into anyone, left or right. Their isn't much wrong with a system when a maverick such as GG can still get elected.

 

IMO he is a Premier League politician and I wish he had another 600 more like him. I don't agree with all of his views but have enough respect for him to know that what he has to say is usually worth listening to, but not always. Frequently he isn't given a fair crack of the whip when appearing on TV and is often openly attacked on issues that are irrelevant to the discussions taking place.

 

I don't particularly like the man from what I have seen and his appetite for self promotion appears to know no bounds but if we had a lot more politicans like him Parliament Today would be the best soap opera on TV.

[Baltar]

While I'm not a fan of Galloway I do applaud the fact he isn't towing the party line. Some of the stuff he says about Israel, the Iraq war etc. is absolutely bang on and you won't find many politicians willing to speak so openly about these issues. But he does come across as a right twat and a major attention seeker.

[Bobby Hundreds]

A lot of the things I've heard Galloway speak about I agree with completely and admire his passion on it and other things make me think he's a mentalist, a frightening one.

[Bjornebye]

agreed with bobby h. speaks sense, impressive last week on question time. but, he is a cat.

[Strontium]

Is Gorgeous George going home?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-galloway-respect-party-deregisters-labour-jeremy-corbyn-member-a7202191.html
 

George Galloway's Respect Party deregisters,
prompting speculation politician may rejoin Labour

Party established in response to Blairism in the wake of Iraq and Afghanistan wars

George Galloway’s Respect Party has been formally deregistered, prompting speculation the politician may be about to rejoin Labour.

The Respect Party was founded in 2004 and grew out of the Stop the War Coalition established in the wake of the Iraq War and Afghanistan War as a pro-environment and anti-war socialist alternative to the Labour party.

The Electoral Commission now lists the party as “voluntarily deregistered”, stating it ceased to be a political party on 18 August.

Following his expulsion from the Labour Party in 2003 for his vocal opposition to the Iraq War and Tony Blair, Mr Galloway became a figurehead for the new party. He became MP for Bradford West in 2012 in a landslide vote that he dubbed “the Bradford Spring”.

However, he lost the seat in 2015 to Labour’s Naz Shah following a bitter battle dominated by personal attacks, including allegations he made that Ms Shah had lied about being coerced into a forced marriage. Ms Shah later described the election as a “sexist smear campaign” and “a horrible nightmare”.

The politician also became known for a number of controversies including when he appeared to state that having sex with an unconscious woman would be “bad sexual etiquette” but not rape. In 2015, his former parliamentary assistant Aisha Ali Khan reported him to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, accusing him of misusing parliamentary funds. Mr Galloway strongly denied the allegations, asserting that Ms Khan had a “vendetta” against him.

Mr Galloway stood in the recent London Mayoral election, coming seventh place with just 1.4 per cent of the vote.

The politician has been vocal in support of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn, posting supportive messages on social media channels backing the leader. Last summer during the 2015 Labour leadership election he said he would rejoin the party “pretty damn quick” if Mr Corbyn were elected to the position.

Following news of the Respect Party’s deregistration, speculation has been sparked that the move may indicate he could be about to rejoin Labour.

[King Emlyn]

I'm always impressed by his indefitagabilty

[mattyq]

He's a manc fan

He can fuck off

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Just what labour need

[AngryOfTuebrook]

If the NEC allow him back in, I'd definitely suspect it's a set-up; give the media some more meat about the kind of twat that Corbyn attracts, in a bid to discredit Corbyn.

 

[Scooby Dudek]

This is a general question, but GG is an obvious example to use;

 

How is it the Labour party rules state you can not join if you have stood/voted/joined parties against us, a reason for banning people was they voted/supported the Green party at the last election. However when high profile supporters of other parties or even MPs wish to "cross the benches" Labour welcome them with open arms. 

 

If the rule as stated or is each case looked at individually or is it another case of a political party being hypocritical? 

[VladimirIlyich]

This is a general question, but GG is an obvious example to use;

 

How is it the Labour party rules state you can not join if you have stood/voted/joined parties against us, a reason for banning people was they voted/supported the Green party at the last election. However when high profile supporters of other parties or even MPs wish to "cross the benches" Labour welcome them with open arms.

 

If the rule as stated or is each case looked at individually or is it another case of a political party being hypocritical?

I would say you last paragraph summed it up.

 

Galloway always seems to talk a good game but actions just undo any of his good work.

I might be persuaded if you swap Dianne Abbott for him though.

[sir roger]

Mcdonnell asking today why the head of the FBU has been denied a vote because of some unexplained tweet, while Lord Falconer us fine after donating large sums to the Lib Dems and the guy who took the NEC to court is fine to vote. I assume the answer is because they are likely to vote for Smith Zimbabwe would be embarrassed by this NEC shit.

[Stickman]

Guess they should have listened to George back in 2011......It's funny but when George fucks up (which can be quite often) then we have the usual Saddam speech but when he's right about staying out of Libya because Cameron wanted his "war" fuck all is said.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk2u-pvOpcc

[Carvalho Diablo]

Giving this a boot because Galloway will be on BBC Radio 2 at midday today, facing off against racist Nazi shrew Katie Hopkins.

 

If you're interested.

[Anubis]

See the Murdoch thread for Hopkins' latest humiliation.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I probably agree with about 95% of his politics, but he is one fucking annoying cunt.

 

He's got a great voice an vocabulary, but nobody loves it more than he does himself.  (It reminds me of that song about "You're fit, but my gosh don't you know it".)  Somebody needs to tell him to grow old gracefully, rather than twat about with hair-dye and a shit hat.  

 

All of that sort of stuff I can almost tolerate.  But I've just seen an advert for his radio show calling it "the mother of all talk shows" - obviously to remind people how the Galloway "brand" took off in opposition to the war in Iraq.  Because the million dead Iraqis serve only as a marketing opportunity for a fucking talk show.

 

Cunt.