George Galloway... a British national embarrassment, not particularly honest, more fond of dictators and terrorists than he is of his native countrymen except at the peak of the election cycle ...
, previous MP for Bradford West, lost his seat to a newcomer on the scene, Labour Party member Naseem (Naz) Shah, by a majority of over 11,000 votes. Galloway's sexist behaviour towards his opponent, a British woman of Pak origin, brought about his political defeat and highlights the difficulties that Pak women, even in Western countries, face when entering the political field.
Galloway counted on the support of the socially conservative British-Paks in Bradford to win this race. To appeal to their emotions, Galloway ran a "sexist smear campaign" against Naz Shah, where he said she lied that she was forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 15. This sordid episode illustrates all too well that women's personal and private lives are still public property, to be used as grounds to reject a woman no matter how well-qualified for the job she might be.