Before he got booted off air I used to enjoy flicking over and listening to Galloway’s show on Talk Radio I think it was. I didn’t know anything about him at the time and in that context he used to make a few good points. He probably held back a bit for national radio, until he didn’t.
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So Starmer praised little Rishi's speech yesterday.
Galloway is being described as a left-wing Farage, left-wing firebrand etc. However is he actually left wing these days?
I seem to recall that he actually said a few years ago that he no longer considered himself to be left-wing (the key part there being ‘no longer’). He is definitely socially conservative as I think he has also said himself.
Now I do think there has been a growing number of people that both support left-wing domestic policies and are socially conservative, so agreeing with Corbyn when it comes to a wealth tax and re-(nationalising) public utilities and the railways, while also agreeing with Farage when it comes to immigration and culture wars etc.
But do we even know what domestic policies regarding taxes, education, the NHS, utilities, transport etc. Galloway actually supports these days (a genuine question as I’m not willing to watch his YouTube channel). His foreign policy stances alone do not necessarily mean that he is left-wing, and for example (clearly for monetary reasons) he didn’t speak up when Assad who he supported attacked Palestinians in Yarmouk and other refugee camps.
I seem to recall that he actually said a few years ago that he no longer considered himself to be left-wing (the key part there being ‘no longer’). He is definitely socially conservative as I think he has also said himself.
Now I do think there has been a growing number of people that both support left-wing domestic policies and are socially conservative, so agreeing with Corbyn when it comes to a wealth tax and re-(nationalising) public utilities and the railways, while also agreeing with Farage when it comes to immigration and culture wars etc.
But do we even know what domestic policies regarding taxes, education, the NHS, utilities, transport etc. Galloway actually supports these days (a genuine question as I’m not willing to watch his YouTube channel). His foreign policy stances alone do not necessarily mean that he is left-wing, and for example (clearly for monetary reasons) he didn’t speak up when Assad who he supported attacked Palestinians in Yarmouk and other refugee camps.
Big one. Been saying it for ages. That Labour find it difficult to call some issues out needs alarm bells ringing. This country is on a slippery slope to Yankee land.
The difference between Kuessenberg interviewing Tories and interviewing anyone else isn’t the difficulty of the questions it’s the amount of time she affords them to answer and the number of interruptions
Imagine if your mentor (Tony fecking Blair) is actually a war criminal and you yourself support collective punishment of the Palestinians. What type of a human being you consider yourself?
He is whatever he thinks will get him the most attention. In his current campaign that means sending different messages promising different things to different groups, all to stir up resentment even further. I wouldn't be surprised if his Israeli free zones make a reappearance.
When you've got George Galloway winning and a car dealer coming second you know you've got problems.
I am not sure the public knows the half of it, the people of Rochdale will start to see GG for the interloper he is, hopefully when it's not too late.
Who the feck would vote for these crooks?
Fewer than 20% of levelling up projects completed in England, figures show
Exclusive: Plans either shelved or stalled despite being part of flagship policy promise at last election
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Fewer than 20% of levelling up projects completed in England, figures show
Exclusive: Plans either shelved or stalled despite being part of flagship policy promise at last election
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...velling-up-projects-completed-england-figures
All this patronising others is all well and good but the people of Rochdale are not some second level intellectually challenged scrotes who you can look down on.
They overwhelmingly voted a scammer in knowing full well his past and pretty much understanding what the future holds. What you need to do (not just 'you' personally but using you as an aid) is to open your eyes wider to how serious this period of open genocide is that you are forced to take this step. Some of you are still not getting Aaron Bushnell's message. Re-read his his last words. Rest in power Aaron Bushnell.
With all the controversy around catman and how bad he is, he is not worse than 2 of the last 3 labour leaders. One is a war criminal caused the destruction of an entire land based on lies he deceived the public about, the blood of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis on his hand. The other one is a student of the former (he looks up to him) and he is starting to show it now, by suggesting that Palestinians deserve collective punishments and siding with a plausible genocidal/war crime colonial state.
There are islamist groups, but I do not know what are their names.
Jeremy Hnut
Jeremy Hunt has given over £100k to local Tory party in effort to retain seat
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...l-conservative-association-godalming-ash-seat
Jeremy Hunt has given over £100k to local Tory party in effort to retain seat
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...l-conservative-association-godalming-ash-seat
Jeremy Hunt: prime James Blunt
Agreed.
His move to becoming more and more socially conservative in recent years, was clearly a deliberate move to further enhance his bank balance and profile. There is clearly, sadly IMO, a sizeable number of people out there who are at least right-wing / conservative when it comes to social issues such immigration, foreign aid, internationalism in general etc. A lot of those probably care more about those issues than day to day domestic issues like health, education, taxes etc., and they claim that they are victims, ignored by mainstream media. That's a wide audience for a grifter like Galloway to appeal to, make money off etc.
Jimmy Dore for example in the US has made the same, clearly deliberate move rightwards to make more money, culminating in him saying that he'd take Mitch McConnell over Bernie Sanders any day. The idea of him being a left-winger, when he constantly criticised the Democrats including the likes of Sanders and AOC, while hardly ever criticising the Republicans in comparison, was of course absurd.
The current Labour leadership is the greatest thing to happen to anyone who believes in Tory values and cares little for the colour of rosettes and which side they support on the Internet.
The results of the election suggest differently, if the majority of those who voted for GG were former Labour voters who wanted to give Starmer a 'bloodynose' over Gaza, then why not support the man originally chosen by Labour, but who was then abandoned?
This was not about influencing Labour politics in Rochdale, and it gave Sunak an opportunity he should never have been given to raise a clarion call for patriotism across the country. It's a very dangerous outcome for everyone.
I think the result was a product of high absense, rather than voters jumping to another candidate. Still, Rochdale wanted to try something different, and they will have the chance to course correct in a few months, if it turns out that GG is as shit as he appears to be. Then we'll know for sure.
A couple of us, well over a million active ex-Labour, voters are keeping a keen eye on this.
Galloway wants to get in bed with Corbyn.
Say what you want about Galloway but isn't it funny that the Rochdale result is apparently an "attack on democracy" rather than the "will of the people"? Sunak might as well have come out to that lectern dressed as a hot dog and proclaimed "we're all trying to find out who did this" for all that speech was worth.
The grown ups are back in charge baby and you'll never guess who they hate.
Needs more context. The Labour position, the last I heard, was that the rise was being driven by poor management of the NHS so pretty cnuty if people are clipping to shit stir, eh
I'm sure Ukraine will be delighted to see two staunch advocates of peace united to push for an end to the war
What context do you think alters the framing that despite claiming they're tough on benefits, the Tories are clearly not being tough enough for Kendall?
So investment in support for getting young people into work, while saying that they won't be supporting people living on benefits as a lifestyle choice. Who is unhappy with this again?
Homelessness as a lifestyle choice - appalling and proof Braverman is a vindictive individual who shouldn't be running a raffle, nevermind a department of government
Living on benefits as a lifestyle choice - the grown ups are back in charge, thank goodness someone is saying it. Vote for them as soon as possible.
She is so close to stumbling on the truth.
The data shows a public health crisis, with wide disparity between the richest and poorest areas of the country (and disparities within areas too). So we need a massive public health campaign, including better access to healthcare, an increase to the minimum wage, taxing the poorest less, and measures like making healthy food cheap and plentiful and accessible.
Some people are on benefits as a lifestyle choice. Most people don't want their money going to those people but want people who need it to be helped.
People don't choose to be homeless, though when they are they sometimes choose to reject help because of various complexities.
Why don't you quit your job and live on benefits? You obviously think it's piss easy to do and these people are living it up.
Are you 12?
For asking why you haven't done something you clearly consider easy to do and an easy way of living without working?
What a fecking communist.