George Galloway gives a speach to G8 protesters at Gleneagles.
George Galloway gives speach to G8 protesters at Gleneagles G8 summit George Galloway is a scottish politician noted for his far left views confrontational style and rhetorical skill He is currently the Respect Member of Parliament MP for Bethnal Green and Bow and was previously elected as a Labour Party MP for Glasgow Hillhead and Glasgow kelvin Galloway is perhaps best known for his vigorous campaign to overturn economic sanctions against Iraq and for his visits to Saddam Hussein in 1994 and 20002 He was expelled from the Labour Party in October 2003 when a party body decided that statements he had made in opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq had brought the party into disrepute In january 2004 he teamed up witht he Socialist Workers Party leading members of the anti Iraq war movement such as Salma Yqoob and other figures on the British left such as film director Ken Loach to form RESPECT a new political party to the left of Labour He won his seat in 2005 general election the only time Respect has won a Parliamentary election In January 2006 he sparked controversy for taking part in the television series celebrity big brother He has been accused by a Senate Committee led by Norm Coleman of personally profiting from abuses of UN Oil-for-Food programme. He combatively countered the charges by accusing Coleman and other pro-war politicians of covering up the "theft of billions of dollars of Iraq's on your watch" that had occurred under a post-invasion Coalition Provisional Authority, committed by "Halliburton and other American with the connivance of your own government
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