George Galloway - London Mayor.
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Does anyone know who bank rolls this guy's campaigns? Or maybe he is independently wealthy?
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Me neither. He couldn't even win Celebrity Big Brother.
But I do wonder how he can afford to keep funding doomed campaigns.
Allegedly, by doing a deal with Saddam Hussain ,although he alleged and won that it was for a charitable fund. Perhaps he hires him self out to do cat impersonations!
The same way all politicians do.
Despite all the snidey side swipes people direct at him , I've yet to see any proven evidence of illegality or wrong-doing . All I seem to see is finger pointing and finger wagging because his accusars have nothing else to offer.
If The Daily Telegraph had done thier research better, the libel case might have turned out differently.
Nothing else to offer? When, as M.P. for Bow , he had one of the worst attendance records in Parliament. Where was he to be found when there was a crucial vote on Crossrail going through his Constituancy?
Pretending to be a cat on BB.
He was earning £65k a year from 2012 until the election as an MP.
Also presumably he's been fairly well paid (at least, compared to an ordinary person on an ordinary salary) for his TV appearances and other media work.
Most people know him from Big Brother but don't forget Galloway has been a presenter/regular contributor on a number of channels including Raj TV, Al Mayadeen, Press TV and Russia Today.
He also edited some sort of newspaper in the 90's which was bankrolled by the Pakistani government IIRC.
He's built up quite an... interesting.. media career to say the least. I'm sure he has plenty of cash saved up.
Part of me wants him to win as it would be an interesting time.....:o
It will be terrifying if he wins, given his open praise of Sadam, North Korea and the Soviet Union.
Everyone should take a few moments to listen to his faux-arabic accent when he addresses Muslims: https://youtu.be/0RrgldTOhmE One of the most cringeworthy and bizarre things I've ever heard.
Doomed?
He was an MP until recently.
Yeah, him and Sepp Blatter are real good guys.
Does he have a different tag-line now? Or is he still going with the astoundingly hilarious 'cheeks of the same arse' comment, missing the point that he himself is the central feature?
He was indeed an MP until recently, IIRC elected on a sort of 'I will represent you because nobody else does' ticket, and then went to Parliament and tirelessly and vocally represented his constituents at every opportunity and absolutely never gave his constituents cause to regret their choice.
Fair and Balanced Wail link
Of course he hasn't a cat in hells chance of winning London mayor, but its a high profile platform for a couple of years, maybe leading to another by-election victory somewhere. You can't keep Gorgeous George down for long!:D
I wasn't implying any wrong doing. I am genuinely interested. I can see how he makes a living but the income from having been an MP etc is of a whole different magnitude for that needed to fund an election campaign.
The campaign to stand for political office costs hundreds of thousands. There are numerous expenses from travel and subsistence to professional fees to publishing and distributing leaflets etc. The bigger parties are funded by business, unions, having a lot of members each paying an annual membership fee., individual donors with deep pockets. So I am wondering who contributes to Respect/George Galloway's political aspirations.
For a very brief period, having won a bi-election. But he has mostly failed to win seats he has campaigned to win. Each campaign will have cost someone a lot of money and for no return. So I am wondering who is prepared to invest again when the odds are so slim.
I know a person who puts on a faux French accent when talking to French people. They probably do it thinking they'd be understood better. Lol.
I hope he doesn't become Mayor.
Won't really matter as it's not first past the post.
Khaled Mischal of Hamas probably.
Pretty much this. He will milk the time between now and the result to get maximum publicity, before he launches his next media **** adventure. The bloke is an absolute w@n£er.
Yea that aint gonna happen. Mans deluded if he thinks it will.
Standing as Mayor for London only costs the deposit of £10k, fundamentally.
They can be as cheap as they like when it comes to leaflets and campaigning.
So there's no need for him to spend 'hundreds of thousands' at all.
If I had a spare £10k knocking about I might have even signed myself up. Hypnodisc for Mayor! Why not?