Galloway plays the green card?
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“Dog-whistle politics” is how one blogger has described George Galloway’s bid to pick up votes from Celtic fans in his efforts to win a seat in Holyrood on May 5th.
Galloway and Coalition Against the Cuts (Scotland 2011)
George Galloway: No Pasaran!
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Galloway stood in the Scottish Parliamentary election on the PR-based Glasgow regional ‘list’. He picked up 6,972 votes, well short of the 10,000 to 12,000 which he had estimated he would need to secure election. (Galloway’s estimate had been accurate: the Greens won a Glasgow list seat with 12,454 votes.)
George Galloway: a fighter for Celtic fans?
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In his first electoral outing after being expelled from the Labour Party (Respect, 2004) George Galloway promoted himself as “a fighter for Muslims”.
"No vote for Galloway - an open letter to the left"
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Reposted from The Great Unrest.
Scottish left is in a story state
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Calling for a Labour vote, combined with rebuilding the left and pushing the unions to assert themselves politically, is the only serious left policy in Scottish Parliamentary elections on 5 May.
George Galloway’s New Bag-Carriers
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The Socialist Party (Scotland) has finally published an article – of considerable length – to try to justify its electoral alliance with George Galloway for the Glasgow regional ‘list’ in the
Galloway, the SP, SWP and Solidarity: a done deal
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An update on last week’s article on the Galloway/SPS/SWP/Solidarity electoral bloc. It has been registered with the Glasgow City Council Returning Officer, and will therefore be appearing on the ballot paper, as: The Respect Party – George Galloway (Respect) Coalition Against the Cuts.
Galloway and Sheridan
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Last Monday saw the “Defend Tommy Sheridan Campaign” (DTSC) stage its first public meeting in Glasgow since Sheridan was sentenced to three years in prison for having committed perjury.
Galloway's stand will not help the left's political recovery
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On Sunday 16 January George Galloway launched his campaign to win a seat in the Scottish Parliament.
George Galloway: a Man Fit for Holyrood?
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“Holyrood Could Be Calling Me Home” read the headline above George Galloway’s Daily Record column last week, in which he claimed that he was coming under increasing pressure to contest next year’s Scottish Parliament elections.