"Israel exists, it's not up to me... no state has the right to exist - not the Soviet Union, not Czechoslovakia, not the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
Which goes to show that even a complete cunt can be right about some things.
Galloway has a reputation for being divisive, but the thing is, many of his successes have come from building alliances.
@fkamiah17 I would not believe the #JewishBoardofDeputies if they told me I was on fire & I felt burning sensations, I'd get a 2nd opinion!
Lying, deceitful, duplicitous, character assassination specialists. Conflating valid anti-israel govt opposition with anti semitism, disgusting body of propaganda of the #Zionist#colonial project
Anyone / organization who dares to criticizes #Israel is immediately labeled antisemitic & attacked relentlessly
I hope #georgegalloway can stand firm!
Never forget where #Galloway was and what he was doing when they came to trash your democracy and prosperity and remove your freedom of movement and EU citizenship and steal your future.
Reminder: he was blowing Farage on Russian TV and laughing at you.
I am not here to defend #georgegalloway, as he is indefensible, but I am seeing reference made to his amateur dramatic interpretation of a cat on Celebrity Big Brother, followed by comments, such as, "can politics get any worse".
This isn't politics' lowest ebb. To the best of our knowledge he hasn't even put his flopper in a porker yet.
George Galloway's victory as an independent is what you get when the opposition don't field a credible candidate, because it is a focus group numbers game.
"A few members of the Commons #foreignaffairscommittee sat in a modest room & took evidence from #Israelis & #Palestinians about how #Britain might actually do something useful to end the bloodshed. The discussion was serious & practical – and delivered precisely zero attention or political benefit to those involved."
#Labour took a minus 44% swing having suspended their own candidate over comments on #Israel & #Gaza.
#Galloway won by campaigning on Gaza ceasefire discontent and dissatisfaction with Labour's lack of socialist policies mostly, but also campaigned against trans rights wokeness etc in parts of the constituency. Showing a much more sophisticated micro targeting & granular political machine than most independents can ever muster/afford.
Nominally pro-gaza pro-Muslim Galloway also received support from radical islamaphobe, far right white nationalist Nick Griffin. Which makes absolutely no sense what so ever.
Unless you put stock in factoring they are both the sort of extremist divisive agitators that #Moscow & #Putin seeks to support in driving wedges in to democracies.
The sad loss for the people of Rochdale was decent local independent #DavidTully with a normal independents low level election machine and backing only came in second place. After being entirely ignored by mainstream media, as a decent not inflammatory candidate with integrity that doesn't bait clicks.
Galloway, called a divisive grifter by some & regular on #RussiaToday channel, will doubtless continue to get completely outsized media coverage as an 'exciting figure' that generates views. Many politicians and commentators are already using this upset to 'prove' the UK electorate support some version of their personal views.
Don't think for a minute that #GeorgeGalloway is a good substitute for #Labour in Rochdale. His party's policy on the #climateCrisis, on #trans people and on crime make him no better than the 'Reform' party or the Tories. He's a reactionary, narcissistic political carpet bagger.
'Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza... You have paid & you will pay a high price for the role you have played . . . covering for the catastrophe presently going on in occupied Palestine'!
The Q.is: is this a localised shift, or a sign that #KeirStarmer's stance on this & a range of other issues close to the hearts of 'traditional' Labour voters may lead then to sit on their hands or vote for others in the #election
Labour are going to lose the Asian vote in the North which should seriously worry them (it's a big voting block) but they're so far up their own arses they won't do a thing.
George Galloway, the fuck, like a rash all over Lancashire.