cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15074083
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George Galloway is one of Britain’s most formidable political campaigners. He has been elected as a member of parliament for four separate constituencies - winning on three occasions while not standing for a major political party.
Earlier this year saw him elected as the MP for Rochdale. That success was, in no small part, because of Galloway’s position on Gaza - and his outspoken criticism of Israel.
But was that merely the swan song in a rollercoaster political career? Or the beginning of something much bigger?
Could George Galloway’s Workers Party of Great Britain become a genuine threat to the Labour Party - particularly on issues of foreign policy - over the years to come?
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:11 Victory in Rochdale
- 05:49 Origin Story
- 07:23 Israel & Gaza
- 17:11 The Israeli Lobby
- 22:54 Jeremy Corbyn
- 32:49 ‘Woke Politics’ & LGBT Education
- 54:27 Religion, Euthanasia & Abortion
- 1:03:25 Domestic Politics
- 1:11:21 Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell & Keir Starmer
- 1:20:59 The Workers Party
I'd be mega surprised if Galloway's Wokers Party, or Reform for that matter, gain more than two seats between them. They aren't destroying anyone.
Their downstream series is much more about interviewing people with "interesting" ideas across the political spectrum, than just platforming people they agree with. They often contain lively disagreements with people from the right. In this case Galloway has foreign policy views that are similar to those of Novara but he has shown just how much of a social conservative he is, likely influenced by his own admission that he has become increasingly religious as he has aged.
