George Galloway strikes again

[David Johnson]

Bit of a surprising result! A trip down the bookies a few weeks ago to stick a bet on Galloway would have produced a nice little earner.

George got more votes than all the other main parties put together, in a seat which Labour has held from pretty much 1974.

I guess this is mainly down to his record on opposition to Iraq and Afghanistan together with a disillusionment with Labour and the Tories. I find it hard to believe there would have been a similar result if it had been a by-election in Durham, for example.

It will be interesting to see if his attendance record at Westminster is any better than when he was MP for Bethnal Green where he had one of the lowest voting records in the House of Commons.

[Lizard]

Quote from the telegraph:

"This is a man who has built his entire career on the crude but simple philosophy that ?my enemy?s enemy is my friend?. His enemy, like so many on the far Left, is of course his own government. It is this philosophy that enables Galloway, not a religious man by all accounts, to associate himself with Islamists who call for the execution of homosexuals, the total subjugation of women, and the extermination of an entire race."

Harsh, but fair.

[Lizard]

Full Article..

[andy at handiwork]

Not much cop as a constituency MP by all accounts. Cant see the good folk of the western part of the town of my birth returning him at next general election.

[David Johnson]

First it is a stunning result. Certainly he has the gift of the gab but I was surprised by how many people who voted for him, said in interviews that they hadn't heard of him prior to his Bradford campaign.

So given the gift of the gab, I suspect there is a bit of a "this is the new politics" etc etc which Cleggie got a polling bounce from in April 2010 - up from 20% to round about 48%.

Let's see if it lasts.

[Lizard]

He's toast come the next GE., apparently a lot of take away owners voted for him, maybe he promised 'no vat on pasties' under the respect party.

[Gusset Sniffer]

Welcome back George. Time to kick all the useless cunts in the balls. They don't like it up em.

[sparky]

2nfro wrote:

> It is called living in a democracy .
> If he has put the effort in to win Good Luck to him and on ?66K
> P/A.
> If only others would shake up the established gravy train
> perhaps things might change .
>
> However I think folks would rather stay in the position of
> apathy.
>
> If things were change much it might wake up what England could
> be like , and the way it is going it will be far too late .
>
>

As posted by 'Gusset Sniffer' in another thread

> ... we need a government who will
> do what is best for us and future generations.......
>
> There is no party I respect or have confidence in.


If the question
do you have confidence in either the current coalition or the main opposition party
was asked across all constituencies while the percentage voting !thumbsdown! would probably vary significantly I'm sure it would be a wake-up call to both groups and and a massive boost to motivation the minor parties.

The challenge is translating this into votes at the next GE....