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'''George Galloway''' (August 16, 1954, [[Dundee]]) is a [[leftist]] [[Scotland|Scottish]] politician. He was expelled from the [[Britain|British]] [[Labour party]] in October 2003 for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute. The party charged that Galloway incited [[Iraq]]is to fight British troops and also incited British troops to defy the orders of their officers. The party's National Constitutional Committee was unanimous in its guilty verdict.<ref>"Labour statement on Galloway" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3208755.stm ''BBC News''] October 23, 2003</ref>
'''George Galloway''' (August 16, 1954, [[Dundee]]) is a n anti-war [[Scotland|Scottish]] politician. He was expelled from the [[Britain|British]] [[Labour party]] in October 2003 for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute. The party charged that Galloway incited [[Iraq]]is to fight British troops and also incited British troops to defy the orders of their officers. The party's National Constitutional Committee was unanimous in its guilty verdict.<ref>"Labour statement on Galloway" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3208755.stm ''BBC News''] October 23, 2003</ref>
In March 2024, Galloway followed in the footsteps of the notorious [[pedophile]] [[Cyril Smith]] by becoming the Member of Parliament for Rochdale.
In March 2024, Galloway followed in the footsteps of the notorious [[pedophile]] [[Cyril Smith]] by becoming the Member of Parliament for Rochdale.
==Controversy==
==Controversy==
Galloway first entered politics aged 26 in his home town, where he ordered the [[PLO]] flag to be flown over the town hall and withdraw the city's civic hospitality to visiting [[NATO]] warships. The political editor of one major [[British]] newspaper has gone on record as saying: "''Galloway is a silver-tongued bully who has always been surrounded by a cloud of suspicion over his shifty activities,his manipulation of other people’s cash and his readiness to punch anyone he could not sue...A congenital liar, his favourite defence trick was total denial. If that failed, he would claim he had been misquoted.''"<ref>'''Kavanagh, Trevor''' "Paid to be a traitor" ''The Sun'' (2006)</ref>
Galloway first entered politics aged 26 in his home town, where he ordered the [[PLO]] flag to be flown over the town hall and withdraw the city's civic hospitality to visiting [[NATO]] warships. The political editor of one major [[British]] newspaper has gone on record as saying: "''Galloway is a silver-tongued bully who has always been surrounded by a cloud of suspicion over his shifty activities,his manipulation of other people’s cash and his readiness to punch anyone he could not sue...A congenital liar, his favourite defence trick was total denial. If that failed, he would claim he had been misquoted.''"<ref>'''Kavanagh, Trevor''' "Paid to be a traitor" ''The Sun'' (2006)</ref>
==Return to parliament==
==Return to parliament==
[[Image:Galloway traitor.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Allegations of [[treason]] have been leveled at Galloway]]
On 29 March 2012, Galloway stood in a by-election in Bradford West (traditionally a solidly Labour constituency, with a high percentage of [[Muslim]] voters), again representing the Respect Party (although the party is so small that he was effectively an independent candidate). To general surprise, he was elected,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388 BBC News]</ref> having campaigned on an anti-war, pro-Muslim ticket and capitalised very effectively on widespread disenchantment with the mainstream parties.
On 29 March 2012, Galloway stood in a by-election in Bradford West (traditionally a solidly Labour constituency, with a high percentage of [[Muslim]] voters), again representing the Respect Party (although the party is so small that he was effectively an independent candidate). To general surprise, he was elected,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388 BBC News]</ref> having campaigned on an anti-war, pro-Muslim ticket and capitalised very effectively on widespread disenchantment with the mainstream parties.
==Media career==
==Media career==
[[Image:George_Galloway.jpg|right|thumb|200px|George Galloway]]
Galloway, between 2013 and 2022, presented the show "Sputnik" on the RT ([[Russia Today]]) television channel.<ref>https://www.rt.com/shows/sputnik/</ref> Galloway hosts The Mother of All Talk Shows (MOATS) on [[YouTube]].
Galloway, between 2013 and 2022, presented the show "Sputnik" on the RT ([[Russia Today]]) television channel.<ref>https://www.rt.com/shows/sputnik/</ref> Galloway hosts The Mother of All Talk Shows (MOATS) on [[YouTube]].