2024-03-04 19:01:56
The leader of the British Workers’ Party, the left-wing George Galloway, said this Monday that the first issue he will address on his return to the House of Commons (Lower) after his election as MP for the Rochdale constituency will be the conflict in Gaza. , since “there is a genocide underway.”
The veteran and controversial politician, who was sworn in today as a parliamentarian, won the partial elections on the 1st – with 39.7% of the votes – in a victory that he dedicated to the Palestinian cause and that represented a strong blow to Keir Starmer’s Labor party.
Galloway, one of the most divisive politicians in national politics, told the media today that he will raise as the first issue before the Commons the conflict in Gaza because “when the highest court in the world finds that there is a plausible case that Israel is committing crimes of genocide and send Israel to trial on charges of genocide, there aren’t many things much more serious than this.”
The politician considered that the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, plans to use the issue “of Muslims and Gaza” as “perhaps the only hope” of being re-elected in the next general elections in the United Kingdom, scheduled for the second half of this year. anus.
Galloway also described as “shameful” a speech last Friday by Sunak, when he addressed the nation to say that “extremist forces” are trying to divide the United Kingdom and they have put democracy in the target since the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7.
The leader of the British Workers’ Party accused the GB News radio and television channel of “stoking hatred against Muslims, thinly camouflaged as hatred towards extremism.”
Asked whether Hamas should govern Gaza, he responded that “perhaps the Palestinians should choose their own governments.”
“I wouldn’t have voted for Hamas. I am a (late Palestinian leader Yasser) Arafat man and have been since the 1970s.but the Palestinians have chosen Hamas,” he said.
The former Labor MP also said he plans to work with the Scottish National Party (SNP) to try to force a “proper” vote on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
“I’m not a fan of the SNP, as you know, or their central cause of separation, but I think they have been outstanding when it comes to the Gaza issue, at least compared to the two big state parties – the Conservatives and Labour. “, said.
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