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Whatever relevance he may have had in the past is all gone. He's just that drunk tramp shouting at a lamp post, isn't he.

Cyclist wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:53 pm Whatever relevance he may have had in the past is all gone. He's just that drunk tramp shouting at a lamp post, isn't he.

You can take the grifter out of Glasgow ...

Cyclist wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:53 pm He's just that drunk tramp shouting at a lamp post, isn't he.

Its what makes his Tweets so entertaining.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:27 pm

Cyclist wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:53 pm Whatever relevance he may have had in the past is all gone. He's just that drunk tramp shouting at a lamp post, isn't he.

You can take the grifter out of Glasgow ...

... but you'll never stop his allegiance to Moscow.

Why would a public figure place his kids in the firing line like that?

George Galloway?

Looks like Twitter has had enough of him. He's taking it as well as you might imagine.

"Legal action" apparently to follow. When's the Batley and Spen legal action? Or the Bradford West legal action?

There was a time at least back in the 00's when wherever I agreed with him or not, Galloway at least came across as a competent orator which if nothing else I kind of respect him for (his appearance at Capitol Hill being the most notable), and I might have been able to overlook his Celeb BB antics on the basis that it was just part of an entertainment show - but not long after that he's descended gradually down the gutter, firstly by using what reputation he had left alongside inflaming certain sectarian tensions where he stood in elections but once that well dried up he's become little more than the left hand side of the lunatic fringe and little more than a joke for the last few years. Seeing him throwing his toys out of his pram by being labelled as "Russian state affiliated media" by threatening to sue when he's a presenter of a show on a TV station directly funded by the Russian state is predictable but none the less a good chuckle to see - par for course for Galloway these days, though.

He's best described by of all people Frankie Boyle years ago on Mock The Week - on the "Scenes We'd Like To See" round the topic was "Things George Galloway would never say" - Frankie went straight in with "No Comment!"

Fenton on Galloway:

https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2022/0 ... n.html?m=1

ETA: now with added misogyny towards Kuenssberg BTL.

I see what you mean about the unhinged correspondent, not sure if it’s a construct or not

Fenton's been on a roll lately but his BTLs are still horrible. Or perhaps made up.

Former British MP plans to sue Twitter in Dublin over Russian label

George Galloway’s lawyers tell social media firm they intend to take case in High Court

Lawyers for former British MP George Galloway have told Twitter that he intends to sue the firm in the High Court in Dublin over his account being labelled “Russian state-affiliated media”.

KRW Law, the Belfast law practice that is representing Mr Galloway, wrote to Twitter’s European head office in Dublin on Tuesday telling the social media company that they intend to issue High Court proceedings over the label attached to his Twitter account.

The former MP’s radio programme The Mother of All Talk Shows has been broadcast on Russian state-owned Radio Sputnik service and can also be viewed online on YouTube.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-a ... -1.4862706

I've my doubts this will get very far.

We have a City Council by- election in Birmingham, in the Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook ward, formerly represented by the late (Labour)Councillor Mohammed Azim. The ward is overwhelmingly muslim. As expected, Galloway has ignored the period of mourning for the Queen being observed by the main parties and has already been out campaigning, and no doubt spreading his usual lies.

We should comfortably hold the seat, but there is really no room for any sort of complacency. Watch this space.

I really have lost track of what he claims to stand for.

Yeah, I know. Aggravation and self promotion, but he doesn't put that on his leaflets.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:07 pm We have a City Council by- election in Birmingham, in the Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook ward, formerly represented by the late (Labour)Councillor Mohammed Azim. The ward is overwhelmingly muslim. As expected, Galloway has ignored the period of mourning for the Queen being observed by the main parties and has already been out campaigning, and no doubt spreading his usual lies.

We should comfortably hold the seat, but there is really no room for any sort of complacency. Watch this space.

There’s a Two Ronnies sketch set in a German POW camp in WW2, where Barker is playing an allied commander saying how escapes have to be planned meticulously and down to the letter. Then a German officer opens the cell door and Barker clumsily sprints towards it and tries to force his way out to do a runner.

That’s basically Galloway’s approach to being elected - claim to be all about certain things, but then go for literally any seat, any job, absolutely anywhere.

Thankfully Galloway was defeated

Galloway's lot got just over half the Tory vote. In fairness though, Birmingham Hall Green is a Tory hot bed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingha ... _the_2010s