Hooray for Galloway!
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Ok - he has defected from Labour (our current governing party of 8 years now) to a small independent party called Respect, mainly because of his anti-war stance and outspoken rhetoric against Labour.
As the recent election approached, he looked to make a point to Labour, and more importantly, the electorate.
So he identified an existing Labour seat which he would aim to win, thereby giving him a platform to show he had the courage of his convictions, and hurt Labour in the process.
He did. He won. He beat Labour by only a few hundred votes majority. Some say he has exploited racial and religious tensions in the area he campaigned for to win the seat. I say the proof is in the pudding, let's see what he does with his constituency over the next four years.
His main point is that Labour is full of nodding dogs, and it's rotting the country from the inside out. He had the balls to step outside of his comfortable ruling government position and put some real effort into showing the electorate how we should be thinking.
As John Pilger said, 'There are 2 superpowers left in the world today. The USA and the People of the world'
I believe Galloway deserves the utmost credit for doing what he absolutely believes in. How many politicians can truly say that today?
If only Clare Short and Robin Cooke had followed through with their similar stance in the way GG did!