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I have to confess that I do not know an awful lot about Mr Galloway's past political experiences but having read a little recently he seems like someone who Kier Starmer can do without & thats putting it mildly. 

Whilst some faults may well be able to be attributable to Mr Galloway his stance in winning the Rochdale bi-election on the face of it is very understandable despite the charge levelled by many of opportunism. Multi cultural Britain has a large population of muslim voters & they deserve a voice.

Ethnic cleansing or genocide - take your pick should be condemned wherever it occurs & history does not give Israel the moral high ground right to commit it today. Galloway & his followers could make it very uncomfortable for Labour at the next election & are quite capable of forcing a hung parliament which would be a disaster. This could comfortably have been avoided if party leaders had shown some leadership by calling out atrocities when they happen.
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galloway is arguably the best orator in politics. you can love him  or loathe him but the guy is a show man. the people of rochdale are a weird lot they voted a candidate in on a single issue which is happening miles away.  it is a shame they weren’t as quick to take action against their local services turning a blind eye to groominng gangs on their door step.  the muslim vote will be a huge issue for labour at the ge as will the reform vote for the torys . the pro palestine lobby were  no where to he seen when china was putting thousands of muslims into comcentration camps , or when the butcher of damascus was slaughtering muslins by the thousands or when saudi are bombing yemen into the stone age. they only come out if the west or israel take action, they are  a bunch of selectively offended hypocrites tbh, and we certainly shouldn’t be allowing them to dictate our policies , btw we should call for a ceasefire and for a return of hostages

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I believe that his election was a protest vote.  He was probably seen as the only serious alternative to the Tory party candidate.
Labour didn’t put up a candidate, the Tories were never going to win in Rochdale so Galloway had an armchair ride to Westminster.
It just shows how despised the Tory’s are when they get an open goal (as a result of the Labour Party removing the support of their original candidate, and rightly so) and still lose out to a man who only campaigned on 1 issue and only stood as a candidate late in the process.
He’s a very divisive politician and has never lasted more than one term in office, so he may be out again later this year in the GE.
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galloway for all his faults will rip most mps apart in a debate. 4 wins for 4 diff partys is an impressive star regardless of politics, if corbyn joins his party it will really put the cat among the pigeons

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Originally posted by Legendinmybathroom Legendinmybathroom wrote:

I believe that his election was a protest vote.  He was probably seen as the only serious alternative to the Tory party candidate.
Labour didn’t put up a candidate, the Tories were never going to win in Rochdale so Galloway had an armchair ride to Westminster.
It just shows how despised the Tory’s are when they get an open goal (as a result of the Labour Party removing the support of their original candidate, and rightly so) and still lose out to a man who only campaigned on 1 issue and only stood as a candidate late in the process.
He’s a very divisive politician and has never lasted more than one term in office, so he may be out again later this year in the GE.

He could be classed as a protest vote politician but with the election forecast for May it could add up to a quite a few seats when the numbers of muslim voters throughout the country react to what is going on in Gaza. He also campaigned, I believe, against the war in Iraq & was not proven wrong on that one. 
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Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

galloway for all his faults will rip most mps apart in a debate. 4 wins for 4 diff partys is an impressive star regardless of politics

Neither Starmer nor Sunak cut a very convincing figure when they try to dismiss him as an irrelevance. They know full well that he has the debating skills to make their lives very difficult.
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he didn’t just defend the iraq war he went on record praisibg saddam. “i salute your indefatiguability” or some nonsenseWink
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Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

galloway for all his faults will rip most mps apart in a debate. 4 wins for 4 diff partys is an impressive star regardless of politics

Neither Starmer nor Sunak cut a very convincing figure when they try to dismiss him as an irrelevance. They know full well that he has the debating skills to make their lives very difficult.
he totally destroyed the usa senate on the mic, if he gets air time he will really do well. i don’t agree with a lot of what he says but he does say it well!
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He was using words yesterday that the oxford dictionary forgot existed 



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Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

galloway for all his faults will rip most mps apart in a debate. 4 wins for 4 diff partys is an impressive star regardless of politics

Neither Starmer nor Sunak cut a very convincing figure when they try to dismiss him as an irrelevance. They know full well that he has the debating skills to make their lives very difficult.
he totally destroyed the usa senate on the mic, if he gets air time he will really do well. i don’t agree with a lot of what he says but he does say it well!

Yes, Galloway is a great debator and no will give MPs a really hard time (regardless of their political background) but the fact that he has represented 4 different political parties in 4 different constituencies just shows that he is a man who is all about himself and not about the people who vote for him.  He has proven time and time again that he will represent just about any party that will put him up as a candidate, who knows, he may stand for Plaid Cymru n the future.
He can’t be seen as a serious politician due to the fact that he has never survived more than one term as an MP.
The fact that he stood as a candidate in the Rochdale by-election says more about the party that he represents, and what they are willing to do to get a MP into Westminster.
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Originally posted by Legendinmybathroom Legendinmybathroom wrote:

Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

galloway for all his faults will rip most mps apart in a debate. 4 wins for 4 diff partys is an impressive star regardless of politics

Neither Starmer nor Sunak cut a very convincing figure when they try to dismiss him as an irrelevance. They know full well that he has the debating skills to make their lives very difficult.
he totally destroyed the usa senate on the mic, if he gets air time he will really do well. i don’t agree with a lot of what he says but he does say it well!

Yes, Galloway is a great debator I disagree with this point, he has been asked several times as to whether he condemns the Hamas attacks of October 7th, he always refuses to answer. When he's asked an awkward question, he does not answer it, but merely repeats what he's already said. Alternatively, he will just change the subject, ignoring the question. That's not debating. and no will give MPs a really hard time (regardless of their political background) but the fact that he has represented 4 different political parties in 4 different constituencies just shows that he is a man who is all about himself and not about the people who vote for him. (I agree. It begs the question as to what is his political philosophy ? Does he believe in free market economics, or state ownership of utilities ? Planned economy? High tax economy ? Big state or little state ? He has proven time and time again that he will represent just about any party that will put him up as a candidate, who knows, he may stand for Plaid Cymru n the future. (Reminds me of the time when Idi Amin appointed himself as President of Plaid Cymru)
He can’t be seen as a serious politician due to the fact that he has never survived more than one term as an MP.
The fact that he stood as a candidate in the Rochdale by-election says more about the party that he represents, and what they are willing to do to get a MP into Westminster.

Galloway is a dangerous man. He will incite racial hatred for his own ends. If he really wants to go after islamophobia why doesn't he challenge Lee Anderson at the next GE ?


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What is clear he is a great orator. 

He is also an absolute vile idiot.
In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty"

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Originally posted by lofty evans lofty evans wrote:

What is clear he is a great orator. 

He is also an absolute vile idiot.

Lofty sir this sitting on the fence has to stop - say what you mean & be done with it. LOL
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Originally posted by lofty evans lofty evans wrote:

What is clear he is a great orator. 

He is also an absolute vile idiot.

I think you have his number.

I read a comment this week from someone in one of his former constituencies who said something like: "Once he was elected, we never saw him again. He did nothing for the people of (constituency)."

Also, I'm amazed that anyone can vote for a person who made a complete *** of himself appearing as a cat on 'Big Brother': 
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Haha! I see my well-chosen word has been replaced by ***.

Maybe I should have used 'breast' instead.
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