It's the way he tells 'em
I was listening to George Galloway's stirring speech on t'Ipod this morning (hat tip Today In Parliament - Beeb website on a go-slow so no link - sorry!) on how his current predicament and frosty relations with Sir Philip Mawer and the Standards and Privileges Committee is due to the "politicised" nature of his "tribunal" and was curious enough to look up the relevant section in Hansard (available here).
This phrase caught my eye:
"Once I looked at who was on the Committee on Standards and Privileges, I could not believe my eyes. The hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) was one of them—a fanatical supporter of Israel, against which I have fought all my political life. Is it really true that he left his politics at the door when he was judging me? Does anybody really believe that?"
Erm...? Am I alone in thinking the turn of phrase here is somewhat iffy? Apparently it got worse because he was then ejected from the Chamber, threatening to continue with his declamation outside.
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Yes, some friends of mine were on the receiving end of 'Gorgeous' George's tongue at my Sixth Form. One of them asked a question that didn't sit well with the gentleman in question as he was walking through the college and he responded by telling him 'Get lost you little oik'. I have rephrased the swearwords as this is a family blog. He was a touch more unpleasant.
Let's hope George can build his Respectful cadres from their current 2% of the vote to 35% and more in at least 51% of constituencies at the next general election so we can have this misunderstood "left wing" genius as our PM.
Did they really let him speak about himself for a whole hour?
We can only be grateful that the Speaker named him and he was thrown out.
Otherwise he might have continued, at length, well into the summer recess.
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