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| Britain |
| Galloway to get the boot? |
| 2003-04-06 |
| Anti-war MP George Galloway has vowed to fight any move by the Labour party to expel him. The backbench rebel says Tony Blair would be making a mockery of democracy if he tried to oust him. The Labour party is reportedly planning to withdraw the party whip from Mr Galloway, dubbed the 'Member for Baghdad Central', so he will no longer be regarded as an MP. This would be followed by disciplinary measures and suspension likely to lead to a full expulsion from the party, Labour sources said. Then all they'll have to do is scrub the seat where he used to sit... Mr Galloway, who last week branded allied leaders wolves, said it was his duty to speak out against the war. He also denied being a traitor, and said millions of people across the UK backed his stance. The member for Glasgow Kelvin said: "Mr Blair would be making a big mistake if he did proceed down this road. As a Labour party man with 35 years of membership - much longer than Mr Blair - I would fight it every inch of the way. I am not without support in the country, not least within the Muslim community, which feels virtually powerless and almost voiceless amidst this catastrophe in Iraq. And it would send the message that Mr Blair wants free speech in Baghdad, but not in the British Parliament." Perhaps he should stand for the Muslim seat in Parliament? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 He's a goner. I think we can expect his "mother of all battles" to follow the typical course - retreat, surrender or going down in a burst of flames. |
| Posted by: becky 2003-04-06 21:11:00 |