Opinion of George Galloway?

[Zinneke]

My personal animus towards him goes back to being age 13 and a school trip to London.

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I think Galloway is a violent social reactionary posing as a leftist that has his finger on the pulse of the working classes and opressed, so its no surprise he has a fanbase amongst the atlasian community. He's a Russian asset too, which explains his adoption of Skipral affair conspiracies. He's also on the take from Iran, which explains why he gave Assad a hug and generally support Assad's war crimes in Syria. I'll probably get a letter from his seemingly army of lawyers but he is a con artist, a fifth columnist, a cultist.

A nasty, vile little man but an encapsulation of the faux working class dungarees wearing progressivism.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

He was absolutely correct about Palestine and the Iraq War, (after Maggie sent bombs to Saddam 20 years previously) one of the few Labour politicians to stand against Blair's acquiescence to Bush's great crime against humanity. His activities over the last few years are disturbing and I can't support his strange and offensive campaign tactics that have gotten him a lot of press, but on balance an FF of history.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

I haven't paid that much attention to what he's done since, but he was obviously a FF for his calling out Bush's lapdog Blair on warmongering.

[Хahar 🤔]

George Galloway is a uniquely revolting figure, as his recent far-right campaign demonstrates. There's nothing at all left-wing about his attempts to export disgusting culture war politics to the community he has decided to implant himself onto as a parasite. The most offensive thing about him, of course, is his crypto-Islam. If he were actually a Muslim, he would say so, but he doesn't because he's not.

[beesley]

https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/1411624236414865410?s=19

'Case you wanted further material.

[jaymichaud]

The most offensive thing about him, of course, is his crypto-Islam.

Wait, what?

OP: Clearly a crackpot, HP.

[Derpist]

The most offensive thing about him, of course, is his crypto-Islam.

Always fun when Western liberals go full mask off

[Statilius the Epicurean]

The most offensive thing about him, of course, is his crypto-Islam.

Wait, what?

In the 2012 Bradford West by-election he infamously smeared the Muslim Labour candidate and more or less insinuated that he was the real Muslim in the race.



The irony of the latest sectarian campaign in Batley is that just earlier this year he tried to get his unionist party attention in the Holyrood elections by racist dogwhistling that the SNP Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf was "not more Scottish" than him and "wasn't a Celt".  

Also what hasn't been mentioned yet is when he went to Iraq in 1994 and showered praise on freaking Saddam Hussein in person.

If one sat down and tried to write the worst possible 'alt-left' character one couldn't come up with worse than Galloway's actual political career. Easily the most toxic individual in British politics, outside of irrelevant fascists like Nick Griffin.

[Santander]

I've probably mentioned this before, but I met Mr. Galloway at an airport once. He was a very nasty (and physically dirty) human being.

[beesley]

I've probably mentioned this before, but I met Mr. Galloway at an airport once. He was a very nasty (and physically dirty) human being.

Are you British then? I've noticed the flag but you've always come across to me as... American.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

I don't know, but he did extremely well, and i'd likely vote for him (otherwise it would have been directly Tory).

But that being said, some things on wikipedia concern me, and i've not seen him in action yet.

EDIT: But based on what people other say here, it seems the cons weigh more than the pro's (stances on Iraq and criticism of current Labour). But I think I just don't follow British politics enough to have a good view. If this is the alternative to Labor or the Tories.... seems like the Tories are even less socially conservative than he is. Perhaps i would still have voted for the Tories in this election, as he seems more of a Brexit dude than a communist one, and a vote for the Tories, is a DIRECT vote against Labor, while a vote for a third party (and vile guy with dirty tactics) is not a direct vote against Labor. My prime intent is to give them another loss, and in that regard, voting Tory is tactically a better choice.

[CumbrianLefty]

A complete, 24 carat c*** - simple as. Going back to at least his War On Want days.

(and that is worth a google for those who don't already know)

[Хahar 🤔]

The most offensive thing about him, of course, is his crypto-Islam.

Always fun when Western liberals go full mask off

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Can you elaborate?

[PSOL]

I've probably mentioned this before, but I met Mr. Galloway at an airport once. He was a very nasty (and physically dirty) human being.

Galloway strikes me as a slob with poor hygiene. Personality wise I can also see it, he seems very grouchy in every official photo shoot.

[John Dule]

Bumping this thread because I've been watching some Galloway speeches on YouTube, including a debate with Hitchens over the Iraq War. I have to say, as much as I disagree with his views, the man's oratory is damn impressive.

[Big Abraham]

Massive freedom person

[Alcibiades]

Fresh from (largely unsuccessfully, thank God) attempting to incite ethnic tensions through an almost cartoonishly homophobic campaign which sounded like it was straight out of the 80s (though even then, certainly on the more extreme side of public opinion for that decade), George Galloway is now spreading Putin’s fascistic, imperialistic propaganda and acting as an apologist for his war crimes in Ukraine.

All round, a thoroughly nasty piece of work, probably one of the vilest individuals on both a personal and a political level who has had a modicum of relevance in any Western democracy in the past few decades. I agree with Zinneke that it’s best to understand Galloway as a reactionary who has realised that wearing the sheep’s clothing of the Left lends him the most legitimacy and is the most useful strategy for advancing his goals. In that respect, it’s no surprise that this forum’s resident red-brown representative above considers him a “massive FF”, though that doesn’t make it less sickening.

[Property Representative of the Harold Holt Swimming Centre]

He's a one man band, which makes comments about him being 'typical of what's wrong about the left' or whatever silly. He wasn't even a member of the Socialist Campaign Group when he was a Labour MP.

A point of semi defense - he had a show on TalkSport from about 2005 to 2010, the period in which the BNP were at their strongest. He was possibly the most articulate critic of them in the entire media.

[All Along The Watchtower]

The kind of figure whom you’re surprised isn’t in prison.

Disgusting HP.

[All Along The Watchtower]

I haven't paid that much attention to what he's done since, but he was obviously a FF for his calling out Bush's lapdog Blair on warmongering.

This is such an American take, complete with the phrase “Bush’s lapdog Blair.”

I don’t pretend to know the nuances of British political history very well. I do know enough to know that the far-left caricature of Blair (and the notion that George Galloway is in any way a FF) is fundamentally inaccurate in important ways.

[James Monroe]

Wonderful man. A true no hold barred leftist who has gone against the centrist Blair regime, a true man for the working class.

[CumbrianLefty]

Wonderful man. A true no hold barred leftist who has gone against the centrist Blair regime, a true man for the working class.

Mate, he is a classic red-brownist and the likes of you are being totally played.