george galloway

[Ban-jani]

You don't have to look for very long to find evidence of Galloway being a hypocrite, a liar or an apologist for religious extremists.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

He's a tit, but we need more MPs like George Galloway, not less.

Justify that statement. The fact that he's a smooth talker (not unlike your good self I may add) does not necessarily make him a good MP. Is he doing a vast amount for the poor, underprivileged or other disadvantaged groups. If I look at his Early Day Motions in 2014-15, for example, the only one I saw that potentially helped the people of Bradford was a call for a new central railway station.

Because we need more MPs who are happy to stick two fingers up to the establishment, rather than anodyne, wanker career politicians getting sucked in by the Westminster machine, who make up 95% of politicians today.

I fundamentally believe that the way MPs vote should be extraneous to their career advancement as much as possible. Someone like George Galloway represents that concept much better than 95% of MPs.

He's a difficult, obdurate character with a strong personality and there are many question marks surrounding him, but if parliament had a few more iconoclasts like him, our democracy would be more vibrant and more, well, democratic.

You're not going to get what I'm looking for from people who aren't, to a significant extent, flawed. I see that as a necessary evil to try and achieve what I aspire to, for those who purport to represent us.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

He's a tit, but we need more MPs like George Galloway, not less.

Did you end this story, which the OP managed to make confusing:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/george-galloway-embroiled-in-twitter-spat-with-bradford-brewery-10155815.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 55815.html</a>

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George Galloway has become embroiled in a bizarre spat with a brewery on Twitter after he responded to a tweet which appeared to annoy him.

Bradford Brewery, a brewery, bar and pie shop in Yorkshire, tweeted to George Galloway’s account asking whether he was "still a thing".

After the brewery's account questioned why Mr Galloway was the only parliamentary candidate not to "come and say hi", the Bradford West Respect candidate appeared to suggest that he would be in touch about what he claimed were "a series of complaints about the brewery".

"I shall return to this matter after the election. You have been most unwise," he wrote.


People were quick to leap to the defence of the Bradford Brewery – a brewery, bar and pie shop in Yorkshire – after they claimed that George Galloway had reported them to West Yorkshire Police.

Not sure we need more candidates making not specific veiled threats over nothing or perceived insults.

Give your fanny a wipe ;-)

 

[malg]

I'm absolutely ashamed that he's considered a man of the left, like I am.

An utter scumbag who has defend Islamic extremism and blamed the west for middle eastern issues time and time again.

This utter **** blamed 9/11 and 7/7 on us and The States.

I fucking hate him.

I'd suggest there are a fair few that would hold with that assessment. I'd be surprised if we didn't have at least one poster on here who would hold that the US and UK were in some way responsible for those atrocities.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

He's a tit, but we need more MPs like George Galloway, not less.

Justify that statement. The fact that he's a smooth talker (not unlike your good self I may add) does not necessarily make him a good MP. Is he doing a vast amount for the poor, underprivileged or other disadvantaged groups. If I look at his Early Day Motions in 2014-15, for example, the only one I saw that potentially helped the people of Bradford was a call for a new central railway station.

Because we need more MPs who are happy to stick two fingers up to the establishment, rather than anodyne, wanker career politicians getting sucked in by the Westminster machine, who make up 95% of politicians today.

I fundamentally believe that the way MPs vote should be extraneous to their career advancement as much as possible. Someone like George Galloway represents that concept much better than 95% of MPs.

He's a difficult, obdurate character with a strong personality and there are many question marks surrounding him, but if parliament had a few more iconoclasts like him, our democracy would be more vibrant and more, well, democratic.

You're not going to get what I'm looking for from people who aren't, to a significant extent, flawed. I see that as a necessary evil to try and achieve what I aspire to, for those who purport to represent us.

I fully agree with you about the fact we have far too many lookalike, soundalike politicians that make up the lobby fodder for the main parties these days.

But the point I made ealrier was that you can be an independent thinker without being a bit of a twat. I can highly recommend Chris Mullin's three volume memoirs. He was, of course, the champion of the Birmingham Six and was quite left wing and independent of the party machine. But he was a self-effacing character who was filled with doubt and didn't conform to a stereotype. Often these sort of people get roped into junior ministerial appointments to keep them docile but he could never quite decide whether to be inside the tent and maybe achieve a little or outside it, free to speak his mind but essentially powerless.

Also, watching the recent Inside Parliament series on BBC2, there was a Conservative MP, Robert Halfon, who wasn't afraid to be a thorn in the side of his party machine and stand up for what he thought was right. Have you heard of him though? The major problem I have with Galloway is that he is paid by the broadcasting arms of two countries, Iran & Russia, with whom you wouldn't normally epxect to see him in sympathy with.

 

[SWP's back]

He's a tit, but we need more MPs like George Galloway, not less.

Did you end this story, which the OP managed to make confusing:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/george-galloway-embroiled-in-twitter-spat-with-bradford-brewery-10155815.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 55815.html</a>

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George Galloway has become embroiled in a bizarre spat with a brewery on Twitter after he responded to a tweet which appeared to annoy him.

Bradford Brewery, a brewery, bar and pie shop in Yorkshire, tweeted to George Galloway’s account asking whether he was "still a thing".

After the brewery's account questioned why Mr Galloway was the only parliamentary candidate not to "come and say hi", the Bradford West Respect candidate appeared to suggest that he would be in touch about what he claimed were "a series of complaints about the brewery".

"I shall return to this matter after the election. You have been most unwise," he wrote.


People were quick to leap to the defence of the Bradford Brewery – a brewery, bar and pie shop in Yorkshire – after they claimed that George Galloway had reported them to West Yorkshire Police.

Not sure we need more candidates making not specific veiled threats over nothing or perceived insults.

Give your fanny a wipe ;-)

I did. I then pulled him up on his grammar.

That'll show the twat.

 

[Clevers]

He's a tit, but we need more MPs like George Galloway, not less.

Justify that statement. The fact that he's a smooth talker (not unlike your good self I may add) does not necessarily make him a good MP. Is he doing a vast amount for the poor, underprivileged or other disadvantaged groups. If I look at his Early Day Motions in 2014-15, for example, the only one I saw that potentially helped the people of Bradford was a call for a new central railway station.

Because we need more MPs who are happy to stick two fingers up to the establishment, rather than anodyne, wanker career politicians getting sucked in by the Westminster machine, who make up 95% of politicians today.

I fundamentally believe that the way MPs vote should be extraneous to their career advancement as much as possible. Someone like George Galloway represents that concept much better than 95% of MPs.

He's a difficult, obdurate character with a strong personality and there are many question marks surrounding him, but if parliament had a few more iconoclasts like him, our democracy would be more vibrant and more, well, democratic.

You're not going to get what I'm looking for from people who aren't, to a significant extent, flawed. I see that as a necessary evil to try and achieve what I aspire to, for those who purport to represent us.

I should imagine that as the only MP of a party it's very easy to match your votes with your career advancement.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Justify that statement. The fact that he's a smooth talker (not unlike your good self I may add) does not necessarily make him a good MP. Is he doing a vast amount for the poor, underprivileged or other disadvantaged groups. If I look at his Early Day Motions in 2014-15, for example, the only one I saw that potentially helped the people of Bradford was a call for a new central railway station.

Because we need more MPs who are happy to stick two fingers up to the establishment, rather than anodyne, wanker career politicians getting sucked in by the Westminster machine, who make up 95% of politicians today.

I fundamentally believe that the way MPs vote should be extraneous to their career advancement as much as possible. Someone like George Galloway represents that concept much better than 95% of MPs.

He's a difficult, obdurate character with a strong personality and there are many question marks surrounding him, but if parliament had a few more iconoclasts like him, our democracy would be more vibrant and more, well, democratic.

You're not going to get what I'm looking for from people who aren't, to a significant extent, flawed. I see that as a necessary evil to try and achieve what I aspire to, for those who purport to represent us.

I should imagine that as the only MP of a party it's very easy to match your votes with your career advancement.

I expect its much easier in those circumstances to vote with your conscience.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Justify that statement. The fact that he's a smooth talker (not unlike your good self I may add) does not necessarily make him a good MP. Is he doing a vast amount for the poor, underprivileged or other disadvantaged groups. If I look at his Early Day Motions in 2014-15, for example, the only one I saw that potentially helped the people of Bradford was a call for a new central railway station.

Because we need more MPs who are happy to stick two fingers up to the establishment, rather than anodyne, wanker career politicians getting sucked in by the Westminster machine, who make up 95% of politicians today.

I fundamentally believe that the way MPs vote should be extraneous to their career advancement as much as possible. Someone like George Galloway represents that concept much better than 95% of MPs.

He's a difficult, obdurate character with a strong personality and there are many question marks surrounding him, but if parliament had a few more iconoclasts like him, our democracy would be more vibrant and more, well, democratic.

You're not going to get what I'm looking for from people who aren't, to a significant extent, flawed. I see that as a necessary evil to try and achieve what I aspire to, for those who purport to represent us.

I fully agree with you about the fact we have far too many lookalike, soundalike politicians that make up the lobby fodder for the main parties these days.

But the point I made ealrier was that you can be an independent thinker without being a bit of a twat. I can highly recommend Chris Mullin's three volume memoirs. He was, of course, the champion of the Birmingham Six and was quite left wing and independent of the party machine. But he was a self-effacing character who was filled with doubt and didn't conform to a stereotype. Often these sort of people get roped into junior ministerial appointments to keep them docile but he could never quite decide whether to be inside the tent and maybe achieve a little or outside it, free to speak his mind but essentially powerless.

Also, watching the recent Inside Parliament series on BBC2, there was a Conservative MP, Robert Halfon, who wasn't afraid to be a thorn in the side of his party machine and stand up for what he thought was right. Have you heard of him though? The major problem I have with Galloway is that he is paid by the broadcasting arms of two countries, Iran & Russia, with whom you wouldn't normally epxect to see him in sympathy with.

Where are these Mullins and Halfrons coming from these days? The party machines are so sophisticated these days that anyone with any recalcitrant tendencies simply doesn't get a safe seat anymore. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

[Damocles]

Don't really have a problem with him. He won a huge majority when elected to Bradford West and in Bethnall, has rather stubborn views on the Middle East but are at least logical and in context rather than the absolute shite most politicians come out with, and I'm not sure how being a paid talking head by some news stations is suddenly a stain on his character.

Suggesting that he is some shill for Iran and Russia due to working on a very limited basis for their national news broadcasters is like suggesting that any foreign dignitaries who have worked for the BBC are paid shills for the UK in their own Parliaments. Pretty ludicrous really.