Westminster Politics

TheGame said:
Galloway is one of the nastiest piece of shite around. He doesn’t give a toss about anyone apart from himself. The fact the ex BNP leader was backing him in this election says it all. People never learn when it comes to him.
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Quite a few of the BNP type characters (ie the English far right) are anti-Zionist, hence their support for Galloway.

We're seeing lines being drawn on the Palestinian issue in politics here in real time. That's the determining factor, not because Nick Griffin and Galloway are aligned on any policies.
 
TheGame said:
Galloway is one of the nastiest piece of shite around. He doesn’t give a toss about anyone apart from himself. The fact the ex BNP leader was backing him in this election says it all. People never learn when it comes to him.
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Just looking through the party list in Rochdale, is there any candidate standing that isn't a nasty piece of shit? I mean you can obviously rule out the two absolutely nastiest pieces of shit (Tory and Labour) then you're not left with much.
 


Is he going to talk about the swimming pool and the gym of the parliament building?
 
TheGame said:
Galloway is one of the nastiest piece of shite around. He doesn’t give a toss about anyone apart from himself. The fact the ex BNP leader was backing him in this election says it all. People never learn when it comes to him.
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Galloway was a big Corbyn supporter. Maybe they should join up and be a proper party with multiple MPs.
 
711 said:
I didn't know that but I still find it snobby of you to focus on it. Not my problem.
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You think it's snobby to hope people in Rochdale get something tangible from their years of being kicked around as a political football on a national, and now international, platform?

Well alright.
 
2mufc0 said:
He is but Labour need to acknowledge they have become hugely unpopular under certain demographics. Instead of sweeping it under the rug they need to look at it seriously - that's if they even care as they will most likely win the election even without these votes.
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Yes they have with the Muslim community as a result of their policies on Gaza but if those communities think George Galloway is the answer then I’m not sure what to tell them. I expect this to be a protest vote and Labour to win the seat in the general election but will have to see how it works out.
 
Am I dramatically over simplifying it by saying that if Labour held a position on the conflict whereby they dominated the Muslim vote they would probably still be deemed unelectable by a majorityand not in a position to win the next election? Is there a position that brings everyone together? I don’t think there is. I don’t think there is a pro-Palestine position that wins at the GE for Labour given the anti-Semitic shit storm of the last 8-10 years because they would be absolutely mugged by traditional media. Starmer just wants to be first past the post and I don’t think he minds who he pisses off as long as he is indeed first. You would think cost of living would be the one thing to unite all kinds of people that Labour could lead with but social conservatives on both sides don’t seem to care, enough, yet.
 
Nice pay day for George, once again.

I wonder if the suffering masses in Gaza know their plight has helped to get him back into Parliament...its an ill wind.... and all that!
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68440653

The UK will pay at least £370m to Rwanda as part of its plan to relocate asylum seekers there, the government's spending watchdog has revealed.

Up to £150,000 will also be paid for each person sent to the east African country over a five-year period.

Eye watering sums of money being thrown at the Rwanda debacle. It is clearly nothing more than a Rishi Sunak vanity project.
 
TheGame said:
Labour disowned their candidate so they didn’t have a candidate in the race officially. That mess didn’t help them. Galloway is always there for a protest vote yet then loses it in the next main election.

Doeant change the fact Galloway is a nasty cnut and he was even supported by Nick Griffin, former leader of the BNP in this election. The man doesn’t give a toss about anyone but himself.
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He's still a far more capable parliamentarian than >99% of the ones currently sitting. Depends on your various foreign policy views.

He disowned the Griffin endorsement, btw, which is comical because his base is multi-ethnic muslim, precisely the people Griffin despises.

Galloway hasn't changed in 20 plus years whatever else you might say about him. Lots of reasons to dislike, as per personality cult, and lots of reasons to like, as per consistently accurate when it comes to the UK's positions abroad.
 
It will be stoking divisions in some way. Making clear to everyone which strawman they will be building their election against in coordination with the right wing media machine.
 
going to have a pop at rashford i reckon.
 
Fascist dictatorship or something.
 
711 said:
The police must try harder and the universities should do something but I'm not sure how. Have I missed anything else?
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we’re a welcoming country, who loves its neighbours, except if they try and come here.
 
Starmer will presumably, like the Public Order Act, want to give everything Rishi has planned to curb civil liberties 'time to bed in'

What a time to have two of the cnuts leading parties.
 
What a gaslighting prick!

Maybe getting your fascist MP's to stop spouting their bile and driving up hate on GB News would be a good start to tackling extremism! Look inward you cretin.
 
From Reddit:

“My family and I owe [this country] so much”

Yes. Taxes mainly.

But in all seriousness, that speech was a fecking waste of time. He has opened himself up now for questions about Braverman and Truss etc. causing division
 
looks like the tories have decided that everyone else is a terrorist but them, and they’re the only safe vote.
 
Think he hired Marcus Rashford’s ghost writer for that one
 
The PREVENT strategy is fundamentally flawed, as it doesn't address the leading cause of radicalisation in the Muslim community: namely, the actions of the UK towards Muslim countries.

So he's going to double its funding. Great stuff.
 
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