Galloway to stand in Poplar and Limehouse

Publicity seeking part time MP George Galloway is to stand in Poplar and Limehouse, the seat adjoining his own present seat at the next general election, so he has announced.

Note - For any residents of Poplar and Limehouse even considering voting for George Galloway, not his voting record in Parliament. Since 5 May 2005 he has attended just 68 votes out of 545 in Parliament. That equates to just 12.5%. If he represented Shetland and Orkney he might have an excuse, but since he represents a London seat, people ought to ask why he has the time to do a Radio show for Talk Sport, but cannot attend parliament to vote !

More information on Galloway's shocking attendance in Parliament can be found HERE.

Gas bag George Galloway gets more time to top up his tan

You cannot help but smile when you hear that self publicist MP George Galloway has been suspended from parliament for 18 days.

Firstly, it is great he has received a punishment. His constant throwing back of accusations with counter accusation on Radio earlier was an insult to any intelligent person. It is clear from the report that this was the main reason for his suspension. Whilst Mr Galloway may not like the people who questioned him, there are plenty of people who do not like him either. Yet Mr Galloway seems to demand respect for him, because he is an MP, but then fails to give that same respect to others in the same position. His attitude is like some angry teenager lashing out at everyone because it is "so unfair". Kevin and George would perhaps have been more of an appropriate pair of names for Harry Enfield's "Kevin and Perry".

The other reason though to laugh about what happened is that a ban for George Galloway is hardly likely to hurt him. He voted just 68 times in parliament out of 529 opportunities to do so. That is just a 12% attendance. So a ban will probably mean more time in his villa in Portugal.

Oh how the residents of Bethnal Green, Bow and Poplar must be proud.