In case anyone missed it, George Galloway accused the Labour candidate for Bradford West, Naz Shah, of lying about her forced marriage.
The Guardian coverage is here
I did a quick post about it yesterday but haven't quite finished getting the outrage out of my system.
One of the most obnoxious things that was said by his spokesman, Ron McKay, is that if she'd really been being abused, she would have got on a plane or reported it to the police or SS.
I can't even. Where to start with that? The sheer denial that women are trapped by domestic violence, the sheer pretence that going to social services and the police are effective in dealing with DV.
And then of course they're in touch with the man in question, who denies that he was violent. So that's all right then, because his word is obviously worth more than the word of a mere woman.
And this man is supposedly left-wing. What does that tell us about lefty-boy's use as a feminist ally?