Denis MacShane: Poor George. He has become a joke figure

[Coastie for Truth]

George Galloway demeans Parliament, shames politics, abuses democracy, and his latest cavorting in the soft-porn sleazy bedrooms of Big Brother will destroy for ever what standing he has with British Muslims.

How has this come about? What has happened to one of the most gifted orators on the post-war left that he elects to become a modern-day Harold Davidson, the Vicar of Stiffkey. The latter was a noted church preacher of the early 20th century who ended his days performing in a lion's cage, such was his craving for headlines and notoriety. A lion ate him in 1932 and that was the end of the Vicar of Stiffkey.

Galloway's fate will be decided by the sensible voters of east London who must be asking themselves why they lost the services and hard-working brilliance of the Jewish-African-American, Oona King, for someone who has been denounced in the Commons as Saddam Hussein's "Lord Haw-Haw".

MPs have a special privilege which comes with election. It is not the money or allowances, nor the ephemeral chance to slide up the greasy pole of ministerial ambition - a pole which seems far better at allowing "here today and gone tomorrow" ministers to crash to the bottom. It is the raw pleasure of using Parliament as a tribune to advance big or small causes.


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Denis MacShane is the Labour MP for Rotherham

[displacedtexan]

1. I have a question I've been meaning to ask for a while now...

Why is it that posters in this group don't usually comment on the
articles pasted and linked to?

As a casual clicker in this group, I'm
really interested in the original poster's
opinion on the material cited.

Just my 2 cents.

[Greeby]

2. He does have a point

The whole point of being an MP is to fight for a cause they deeply believe in, and George isn't doing it

[400Years]

3. About Dennis McShane (he's an idiot)

He is a big supporter of Blair and Bush's bullshit war and is also in favor of destroying what is left of freedom in the U.K. He applauded the attempted coup in Venenzuela.

In other words he is a fascist dickweed. Got anything better?

[tatertop]

5. McShane obviously has a hidden agenda. Guess that explains it.

[Coastie for Truth]

6. Just to show that

Galloway is not God's only begotten son, of virgin born, and that Galloway has never issued Beatitudes or a Sermon on the Mount. Also, wanted to show that Galloway did not ascend to Heaven from Temple Mount or receive any instructions on Mount Sinai or Mount Cumorah. Also, I believe that his metabolic products smell, and he dons his pants one leg at a time.

Sorry to disappoint Galloway fans.

[400Years]

8. nobody here thinks Galloway is God

Maybe you don't like him but everytime he slaps down some neocon asshole I will applaud. That is not the same as your obtuse claims.

[Coastie for Truth]

11. Perfesser Sue Blackwell seems to

[tatertop]

4. Galloway calls Bush a bigger terrorist than Saddam, which he is

This in no way strains Galloway's considerable credibility
as a politician or his reputation as a rational humanist. Thank God that piece is only one page long. What a jumble.

[Coastie for Truth]

7. He has no credibility with many -- just a snake oil salesman.

Seventy six trombones led the big parade,
With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand.
They were followed by rows and rows,
Of the finest virtuosos,
The cream of every famous band.

Seventy six trombones caught the morning sun,
With a hundred and ten cornets right behind.
There were over a thousand reeds,
Springing up like weeds,
There were horns of every shape and size.

There were copper bottom timpani in horse platoons,
Thundering, thundering, all along the way.
Double bell euphoniums and big bassoons,
Each bassoon having its big fat say.

There were fifty mounted canons in the battery,
Thundering, thundering, louder than before.
Clarinets of every size,
And trumpets who'd improvise
A full octave higher than the score!

Seventy six trombones hit the counterpoint,
While a hundred and ten cornets blazed away.
To the rhythm of Harch! Harch! Harch!
All the kids began to march,
And they're marching still right today!

Seventy six trombones led the big parade,
when the order to march rang out loud and clear.
Starting off with a big bang bong on a Chinese gong,
by a big bang bonger at the rear.

Seventy six trombones hit the counter point,
while a hundred and ten cornets played the air.
Then I modestly took my place as the one and only bass,
and I oompahed up and down the square.

[400Years]

9. whatever dude

I see you have an agenda.

[Coastie for Truth]

10. I see you do too, dude. NT