George Galloway

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Looks likely to win the Rochdale by-election.
Does anyone know his position on gender ideology?

Here’s hoping the independent chap who came in second keeps on campaigning and stands again, GG is on limited time with the next GE looming and Rochdale deserve an MP who actually gives a shit about the area.

George Galloway is like Eddie Izzard, constantly prowling around for a constituency with a weak point.

The establishment parties have made absolute twits of themselves in this by election (still, it’s hilariously conceited of GG to suggest that a win for him could result in Keir Starmer being forced out as Labour leader - winning on 39% turn out with no official Labour or Green candidates is not the earth shaking win Galloway would like to present it as).

I can’t help but wonder what Tony Lloyd would’ve thought of it all.

” God created everything in pairs.”

That sentence alone is reason enough to keep someone out of parliament.

Ah, a leftwing counterpart to Matt Walsh.

I think Gorgeous George is funny, but also quite dangerous which is not funny.
I like mavericks in general because all of our political parties need as many thorns in their sides as possible. It keeps them awake.

Here's a little treat for you all from June 2021.
22 minutes of Gorgeous George befuddling and running rings around the toddling intellect that is Little Owen Jones who "just can't understand". No matter what you think of Gorgeous George I think you will end up with a smile on your face.
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” God created everything in pairs.”

That sentence alone is reason enough to keep someone out of parliament.

Ah, a leftwing counterpart to Matt Walsh

Left wing? No, probably conservative with a small C. Though I will be voting Labour to help rid the nation of the useless shower it has atm. Just an atheist who believes that extreme religious views have no place in politics.

Who’s Matt Walsh? Off to google 😁

He has virtue signalled his way to power. It’s kind of terrifying that people are willing to fall for his obvious bullshit.

He also seems to be dressing like Boy George now.

link above dead
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To, probably, misquote the bard, 'oh mischief, thou art afoot'.

It's interesting how he can turn a blind eye to a variety of murderous dictators. Quite a selective sense of moral outrage, our Georgie.

Gorgeous George befuddling and running rings around the toddling intellect that is Little Owen Jones who "just can't understand"

And now they are besties, funny how these things work out 🤣

Yes to this^

I meant he was Matt Walsh's left-wing counterpart, not you.

Matt Walsh is an American social media influencer whose strong religious beliefs and conservative convictions lead him to oppose female sports commentators (who intrude upon the masculine sphere in his opinion), pregnant rape victims accessing abortion, women waiting to have their first child until their 20s/30s, and gender ideology. He made a documentary interviewing trans activists, asking them to define what women are. It's useful when someone with his platform publicises the inanity of trans activists, but I would never ever vote for him to hold any public office.

You might enjoy this: Christopher Hitchens on Galloway

Thanks for that. God I miss Hitchens (this one, not the other one)

George Galloway is like Eddie Izzard, constantly prowling around for a constituency with a weak point.

It's so shameless I don't understand why voters don't see through it with Galloway. Heartening to see a proper local independent do well in second though.

Yes, the result with the local independent is much more interesting. I know it's a by-election and they can throw up some odd results, but perhaps it's a promising sign for smaller parties like Posie's.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/03/01/dave-tully-independent-rochdale-businessman-by-election/

https://archive.ph/9TbGT link to jump the paywall

Considering he hamstrung his campaign a little (see above) he did astonishingly well.

I think many people don't want to vote for Keir Starmer's party. It's just the least worse option to the Tories. Give them an alternative (Reform, the Greens) and many will go for it. Just need to get your name and policies out there so you're not just seen as a joke like Lord Buckethead.

That is so so true.

I see Galloway's return has also seen the awful Chris Williamson rearing his ugly head again, like a particularly shit Brucie bonus

Chris Williamson was on Radio 4 first thing claiming that it was the Israeli military that killed the Israeli civilians on 7 October.

Have you actually read anything about George Galloway. Anything at all?

Entirely unverifiable story, just for laughs

It's very simple, Galloway is a working-class traditionalist man/patriarch. He believes in God. He is neither liberal nor a feminist.
He knows that sex is real.
He also has a giant ego.
If you want to know more, listen to him on YouTube, if you can put up with his arrogance. Get it from the horse's mouth rather than state-sponsored media.

No, probably conservative with a small C. Though I will be voting Labour to help rid the nation of the useless shower it has atm.

No 'probably' about it, if you vote Labour you are not any sort of conservative, big or small C.

This could get messy, as funnily enough, we have regular posters who insist voting Labour doesn't make you left-wing.

People with unbroken voting records of ticking red, no matter what, get told they're conservative!

I think it's possible to vote differently from your overall views and to keep those views?

• personal vote for or against a candidate
• your views don't map closely with a party (tbh whose do?)
• single issue vote at one time
• parties change