It has nothing to do with Jewishness. This was the worst result for any sitting Labour MP who was reselected, but in the final vote, Galloway gained 62% in total. [307], In the 2019 general election, Galloway contested the Parliamentary seat of West Bromwich East as an independent, describing himself as supportive of Corbyn's leadership but also supportive of Brexit. Galloway "shouldn't be barred from running against me because I'm a black woman. Actively involved, he often delivered speeches from StWC platforms at anti-war demonstrations. [146] During his time on the programme, he mimed licking imaginary milk, whilst pretending to be a cat, from the cupped hands of another housemate, actress Rula Lenska. And you have to do the same. The question is: is it mad enough to do it?". What's going on? George Galloway has many enemies. The documents purported to be records of meetings between Galloway and Iraqi intelligence agents, and they stated that he had received £375,000 per year from the proceeds of the Oil-for-Food Programme. Whereas "Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns", Galloway had "met him to try to bring about an end to sanctions, suffering and war. [39] Abu-Zayyad was granted a divorce in February 2009, after an estrangement of several years, on the grounds of "unreasonable behaviour"; her petition was not contested. They elected a president that you or I might not have voted for but I am in no doubt that Ahmadinejad won the presidential election" held in 2009. Both the Labour and Respect candidates were given police protection. Galloway, who got 64.7% of the public vote, was the first of two housemates to be voted out in a double eviction. [193] The novelist Howard Jacobson in The Independent wrote that Galloway's "campaign shamelessly courted Muslim prejudice in smaller matters such as alcohol – where Galloway painted himself as more Muslim than the Muslim Labour candidate whom he accused of liking, shock horror, a tipple. [340][341], In July 2020, Galloway co-founded and established a cross-party Scottish unionist political organisation and political coalition called Alliance 4 Unity, and its goal is to try of taking down the Scottish National Party and Scottish nationalism in general for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, by tactically vote for any Scottish unionist candidates in second place on each Scottish electoral regions. Joe Craig . [5] His mother was a cleaner, and then a factory worker. [285], Dave Hill, writing for The Guardian in November 2015, accused Galloway of making "cutting personal attacks" about the Labour candidate Sadiq Khan, a Muslim whom "Galloway [...] appears to consider [...] an inadequate practitioner of his faith" (a reference to Galloway's remark that Khan held the Quran in his left, not right, hand, and it "wasn’t missed by people who care about these things"). P. lanet Earth, the series of Celebrity Big Brother featuring George Galloway impersonating a cat, and Life on Mars have all been nominated for a Bafta TV award. [78] A claim that, in a speech, he had congratulated a successful anti-war candidate from the Socialist Alliance in Preston was rejected. 11 January 2005. [47] During the 2001–02 session, he was the ninth most rebellious Labour MP. "[52] He ended his speech with the statement "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability. It emerged some years later that Galloway had appealed in a letter dated 24 April 2003 to Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney-General, to stop the investigation into the Mariam Appeal. George Galloway the Respect coalitions first MP has shocked supporters worldwide by agreeing to take part in celebrity Big Brother. A charity that stands to make a six-figure sum from George Galloway's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother is at the centre of a diplomatic row … [328], In a House of Commons debate on 26 September 2014 he opposed military action by the west against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgency group, which he called a "death cult", and instead advocated military action from the regional powers. Israel is doing what America wants it to do and to argue otherwise is to go down the dark tunnel of racist antisemitism". 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He then produced what he said was her nikah, a Muslim marriage certificate. In his memoir, I'm Not the Only One first published in 2004, Galloway wrote that "just as Stalin industrialised the Soviet Union, so on a different scale Saddam plotted Iraq's own Great Leap Forward. "[153], Galloway's suspension was not intended to be immediate, and he was given the opportunity to defend himself in front of the committee members in the House of Commons on 23 July 2007. [368] [13]), In response, Denis Healey, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, tried and failed to remove Galloway from the list of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates. [320] "I fully support the Syrian revolution", Galloway told Christopher Silvester in November 2012. In an announcement on Twitter, he said that "given the nature of Labour's Euro-fanatic candidates list and the crucial juncture we have reached in the fight for the full implementation of the Brexit referendum result and for one-time only I will be supporting Nigel Farage in next months elections. George Galloway during "Celebrity Big Brother 4" Fourth and Fifth Evictions at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Great Britain. [233][234] Galloway was questioned under caution by the police and the matter was referred to the Crown Prosecution Service. We don't want any Israeli goods, we don't want any Israeli services, we don't want any Israeli academics coming to the university or the college, we don't even want any Israeli tourists to come to Bradford even if any of them had thought of doing so. On 20 February 2013, Galloway walked out of a publicised debate when he found out that his opponent had Israeli citizenship. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. George Galloway tonight became the fourth person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house as he admitted he had failed in his aims during almost three weeks of reality TV. [74], Galloway became the vice-president of the Stop the War Coalition in 2001. [269], Shah alleged at the event that Galloway's representative in Pakistan impersonated her deceased father to acquire the nikah. George Galloway the Respect coalitions first MP has shocked supporters worldwide by agreeing to take part in celebrity Big Brother. In one of these, the new Glasgow Central constituency, Mohammad Sarwar, the first Muslim Labour MP, wanted to be selected as the candidate. The former Respect and Labour MP, 65, nibbled from actress Rula L… We are giving them to the elected government of Palestine", adding that he would personally donate three cars and £25,000 to Hamas organisation "Prime Minister" Ismail Haniya. I am here today but last week you already found me guilty. Galloway is a hate figure for the Labour government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Bush administration and their apologists because of his opposition to the Iraq war. 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One thing they do have is elections. [198], According to British barrister Felicity Gerry, Galloway's description of rape is not correct under English law. Galloway has consistency stated that his religious beliefs were a private matter. [50] The massacre of Kurds and Shias just after the 1991 Gulf war, was according to Galloway, "a civil war that involved massive violence on both sides". "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The proceeds from the sale benefited the cause and Mr Galloway". George Galloway’s age is 66. [322] Following the Ghouta chemical attack on 21 August 2013, Galloway speculated on his Press TV show that the responsibility for the atrocity lay with al-Qaeda and the rebels in Syria who had been provided with the weapons by Israel. He entered the house, along with ten others, on the evening of thursday, January 5th. Standing as a candidate for a place on the Labour Party National Executive Committee in 1986, in a large field of 18 candidates, Galloway finished in 16th place. [49], Galloway opposed the 1991 Gulf War and was critical of the effect that the subsequent sanctions had on the people of Iraq. [91][92], Galloway continued to praise Tariq Aziz. Ali-Khan had been found guilty of contempt of court on a previous occasion. "[31], On 28 October 1986, the Daily Mirror, in a front-page story by Alastair Campbell, claimed Galloway had spent £20,000 in expenses and had been "enjoying a life of luxury. British Respect Party politician who began serving in Parliament in 1987 and represented Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Kelvin, Bethnal Green and Bow, and Bradford West. George Galloway (born 16 August 1954, Dundee, Scotland) is a politician and first became a member of parliament in 1987. "[155], During an interview for Al Jazeera television on 17 November 2005, he said his election as MP earlier in the year was "despite all the efforts made by the British government, the Zionist movement and the newspapers and news media which are controlled by Zionism". [156] In Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England, Anthony Julius cites this interview as one example of Galloway pandering to the antisemitic prejudices of his audience. I’m not responsible for the government of Ahmedinijad. The case was heard in the High Court. [276] Naz Shah won a majority of 11,420 votes over him, reversing the majority of 10,000 votes he had gained at the by-election three years earlier. [132] Bethnal Green and Bow is "where Labour was founded. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, Big Brother viewers were left squirming tonight as they watched George Galloway pretend to be a cat, George Galloway, left, in red leotard and Pete Burns in blue leotard doing robotic dance during Celebrity Big Brother 2006, The politician may be best remembered for his bizarre impression of a cat, Caprice, Jackie Stallone and the late John McCririck, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). According to her, Galloway "has done nothing to build bridges with the Members of the Executive [Committee of the Constituency Labour Party] who opposed his selection." Congratulations, Akeem. ", Galloway countered the charges by accusing Coleman and other pro-war politicians of covering up the "theft of billions of dollars of Iraq's wealth... on your watch" that had occurred under a post-invasion Coalition Provisional Authority, committed by "Halliburton and other American corporations... with the connivance of your own government. He said: "If Corbyn wins a big victory – and I think he will – then that should be, and it's important that it is, the final burial of Blair and Blairism. We pay for videos too. [380] On 8 August 2020 Galloway announced the birth of his sixth child, a girl. "[110] Galloway described Coleman as a "pro-war, neocon hawk and the lickspittle of George W. Bush," who, he said, sought vengeance against anyone who did not support the war in Iraq.[111]. [113][114] The report exhibits bank statements, which the authors claim show that $150,000 of proceeds from the Oil-for-Food programme had been paid to Galloway's wife Amineh Abu-Zayyad. "[20] On 6 May 2003, David Triesman, then general secretary of the Labour Party, suspended Galloway from holding office in the party[82] pending a hearing on charges that he had violated the party's constitution by "bringing the Labour Party into disrepute through behaviour that is prejudicial or grossly detrimental to the Party. In a debate with the leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond, Galloway responded to one of Salmond's jibes against Labour by declaring "I don't give a fuck what Tony Blair thinks". George Galloway pretends to be a CAT on Big Brother. The Commission is also concerned, having considered the totality of the evidence before it, that Mr Galloway may also have known of the connection between the Appeal and the Programme. 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