The two faces of George Galloway
At a time when New Labour and the Tories are competing to display the most virulent hostility towards asylum and immigration rights, you might expect the left to be united in its opposition to this reactionary filth. Unfortunately, you’d be disappointed. Writing in the Morning Star on 12 February, George Galloway not only denounced the idea of open borders but endorsed the “points system” for immigration recently mooted by various ruling-class politicians. Feeling comfortable in his natural Stalinist habitat, Galloway lets the mask slip and abandons even the customary nod towards working-class...