George Galloway wins Bradford West by-election

[Derek]

Proof that voters in large chunks of the land are idiots.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388

[peanut]

Originally Posted by Derek

Proof that voters in large chunks of the land are idiots.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388

I would also say the same if they voted for the Tories. This result as quoted 'his victory represented a "total rejection" of the major parties'. And I don't see anything idiotic about that.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by peanut

I would also say the same if they voted for the Tories. This result as quoted 'his victory represented a "total rejection" of the major parties'. And I don't see anything idiotic about that.

Neither do I, at last a socialist is back in the House of Commons.

[Peter_]

Maybe his rivals should have used this picture to remind voters that he is a publicity whore.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by peanut

I would also say the same if they voted for the Tories. This result as quoted 'his victory represented a "total rejection" of the major parties'. And I don't see anything idiotic about that.

Exactly peanut.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by denphone

Exactly peanut.

I would not vote for that man if my life depended on it

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Sirius

I would not vote for that man if my life depended on it

But don't you think 'his victory represented a "total rejection" of the major parties' Sirius?.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Sirius

I would not vote for that man if my life depended on it

Given the choice of George, Dave, Nick or Ed, George gets my vote every time, say what you want about him (and many have tried and failed to including the US senate and lots of newspapers) but he stands up for what he believes in, those other plastic PR mens wet dream would sell their own grannys for a sniff of power.

[chris9991]

Isn't this just gorgeous?

[Osem]

George has enjoyed and fully exploited the luxury of being an erudite but nonetheless loose political canon for years. I doubt he'd act in quite the same way if he was heading a major party vying for power with all of the attendant national/international responsibilities, media scrutiny, political pressures, forced compromises, conflicts of interest, internal rivalries etc. etc. Galloway is little more than an entertaining (at times) sideshow and Milliband is the really big loser here followed closely by Galloway's new constituents.

[Maggy J]

I would never vote for a man who turns my stomach the way he does.He is a oily car salesman,a reptile and a skunk and I'd never give him the time of day let alone my vote.

I'd trust every idiot in the main stream parties before him every time because they are just idiots compared to him.

[LexDiamond]

Problem with voting outside the main parties is that the candidates are full of crap.

What exactly can George do for the real issues? Not much. The Tory can because he is a member of party that actually have a policy on just about everything that matters to a voter. The labour candidate also the same (but he might mumble a bit). George? Well not much.

We don't need to look further beyond the Lib Dems. When they thought they couldn't get elected to running government their policies used to sound great. They ended up in government by default and now go back on any of the policies that were impressive.

There is huge difference between winning a bielection and making a useful contribution. Sorry but the British public lost out by electing this idiot.

[Damien]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Given the choice of George, Dave, Nick or Ed, George gets my vote every time, say what you want about him (and many have tried and failed to including the US senate and lots of newspapers) but he stands up for what he believes in, those other plastic PR mens wet dream would sell their own grannys for a sniff of power.

Shame he doesn't do this job however. Deciding that Big Brother was more important than the vote on Crossrail, which is going though what was then his constituency. He is interested in his own ego and publicity, it wasn't the only time he prioritised media commitments over parliamentary commitments (i.e actual voting). His defence was in to invoke Tony Blair's record of attending less than he did whilst refusing to take into account that Blair was the Prime Minster.

Originally Posted by The Telegraph

The politicians who do the least work while submitting the largest expenses claims are exposed in a league table produced following an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph. Those who work the hardest for the lowest cost are also identified....

...At the other end of the table George Galloway, the only MP for the far-left Respect party, is rated the worst-value MP. He turned up for only one in twenty votes, far fewer than any other MP, yet claimed £136,000 in expenses.

Bradford have elected someone who will do squat for them. A professional contrarian whose 'beliefs' seems to revolve around a naive and simplistic notion that the West is always at fault. The Falklands belong to Argentina, not because of any rational and logical argument, but because of 'British Imperialism' and he will continue to rail against such Imperialism with great oratory to the delight of his fans but refuse to engage in any substance. That is on what he has based a career in politics in.

Still, at least the people of Bradford West get to see their name on a byline during one of his many forthcoming interviews in lieu of seeing it in a a parliamentary voting record.

The only good that can come of this is more pressure on Ed Miliband to step aside and get someone in who knows what they are doing.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by denphone

But don't you think 'his victory represented a "total rejection" of the major parties' Sirius?.

I just think the voters who voted for the member for Baghdad North are idiots, At least he beat that numpty Millebore


I would call Galloway a traitor but that would not be a strong enough word to cover him fully

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Sirius

I just think the voters who voted for that idiot are idiots as well

I'd imagine it has more to do with Galloway's anti-Israel stance than anything else.