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TalkRadio sacks George Galloway over 'antisemitic views'
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/03/talkradio-sacks-george-galloway?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=trueGeorge Galloway has been sacked from his TalkRadio show with immediate effect, after the former MP said Liverpool’s victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final meant there would be “no Israel flags on the cup”.
The north London club, which has a strong association with the Jewish community, had called for him to be sacked, saying: “It’s astounding in this day and age to read such blatant antisemitism published on a social platform by someone who is still afforded air time on a radio station on which he has previously broken broadcast impartiality rules.” Earlier this year, the station was censured by the media regulator Ofcom for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules when Galloway cast doubt on Russian involvement in the poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal in Salisbury last year.
A spokesperson for the station confirmed it had taken Galloway off air following his tweet, which was posted after the game finished on Saturday night. They said: “TalkRadio has terminated George Galloway’s weekly show with immediate effect. As a fair and balanced news provider, TalkRadio does not tolerate antisemitic views.”
Galloway, a longstanding anti-EU campaigner who endorsed Nigel Farage’s Brexit party in the EU elections, appears to have no intention of going quietly. He has agreed to appear on ITV’s Good Morning Britain to discuss his suspension and responded to news of his sacking by threatening the station with legal action: “See you in court guys … Long live Palestine.”
The north London club, which has a strong association with the Jewish community, had called for him to be sacked, saying: “It’s astounding in this day and age to read such blatant antisemitism published on a social platform by someone who is still afforded air time on a radio station on which he has previously broken broadcast impartiality rules.” Earlier this year, the station was censured by the media regulator Ofcom for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules when Galloway cast doubt on Russian involvement in the poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal in Salisbury last year.
A spokesperson for the station confirmed it had taken Galloway off air following his tweet, which was posted after the game finished on Saturday night. They said: “TalkRadio has terminated George Galloway’s weekly show with immediate effect. As a fair and balanced news provider, TalkRadio does not tolerate antisemitic views.”
Galloway, a longstanding anti-EU campaigner who endorsed Nigel Farage’s Brexit party in the EU elections, appears to have no intention of going quietly. He has agreed to appear on ITV’s Good Morning Britain to discuss his suspension and responded to news of his sacking by threatening the station with legal action: “See you in court guys … Long live Palestine.”