Courting controversy at all costs

TEMPLATE ANALYSIS

George Galloway’s return to politics a year or so ago was a welcome sight to everyone – even his detractors. Here, was a man cast out of his party by a Prime Minister whom many believe to be a war criminals, who against the odds, which in the case of his departure at Bethnal Green and Bow was boundary changes, had shown the triumph of human spirit when he unseated a Labour candidate at Bradford West.

Well, that’s what some of us thought a year or so ago.

What a difference a year makes..

Since then, of course there have been his remarks about ‘bad sexual etiquette’ when defending accusations against Julian Assange, which forced the only star in Respect, other than himself of course, to resign in protest, one Salma Yacoob.

If that wasn’t bad enough, there’s been talk of the Respect MP making a film to take on Michael Moore, and even running as London Mayor, which all begs the question – where does he get the time to do all this, isn’t he meant to be serving the good people of Bradford who put their faith in him at the ballot box?

It turns out, councilors within Respect’s party were asking the same question also, their resignations yesterday were accompanied with the complaint that he wasn’t taking his job as MP for Bradford seriously.

Ron McKay, George’s staunch friend, claimed conspiracy which may or may not be true. However more than a year on from those great and triumphant scenes and Galloway has little to show for his time as an MP for the good people of Bradford.

Sadly, the longer his term and more it appears as little more than a vehicle for one man’s gigantic ego, a platform for greater exposure in a world where people say anything and do anything to be a celebrity.

Click http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-24667386

Click http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/08/22/george-galloway-sacked-columnist-holyrood-magazine-following-julian-assange-rape

Click http://news.sky.com/story/1158165/george-galloway-mulls-london-mayor-bidhere