The fall-out from the local elections continue. In the West Midlands, Labour pulled off a shock upset to unseat Andy Street by 1,500 votes. The Starmer army’s triumph there was all the more impressive when one considers that the pro-Palestine independent Akhmed Yakoob finished third on 11 per cent. Yakoob, who won the votes of many traditional Labour voters in the Muslim community, was backed by George Galloway, whose Workers’ Party of Britain is trying to cause Labour headaches across the UK.

Invited on to LBC to speak about the result, Galloway clearly thought he would be on something of a victory lap. But his mood quickly turned sour after host Lewis Goodall asked him about comments he made during the campaign to Novara Media. Galloway told the left-wing news site that he does not want his children to be taught ‘that gay relationships are exactly the same and as normal as a mum, a dad and kids’. When Goodall played the clip, Galloway insisted that ‘This is a clip of a clip, it is an edited clip – you clipped out the point about the 97 genders.’

‘Don’t think I don’t know what I said, I’m not going to have a barney, I came on here to speak about the elections now you’re ambushing me with an edited clip of an edited clip,’ he went on, before concluding:

I’ve got a simple answer, listen to the whole thing tonight and come back, you haven’t given your listeners the whole thing, I’m going to hang up now. Fool me thinking your request to talk about the elections was genuine.

He then duly hung up. Poor old ‘Gorgeous George’ – presumably he doesn’t get this kind of treatment in Russkaya Gazeta or his crackpot YouTube channel…

'It's an edited clip!'
'You're misleading my listeners saying that.'
'I'm hanging up now.'
'Grow up Mr Galloway.'

George Galloway abruptly ends his call with @lewis_goodall after being challenged on why he thinks 'gay relationships aren't equal to heterosexual relationships'. pic.twitter.com/deloiuEpFG

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West Midlands election / Watch: Galloway hangs up on LBC

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05.05.2024

The fall-out from the local elections continue. In the West Midlands, Labour pulled off a shock upset to unseat Andy Street by 1,500 votes. The Starmer army’s triumph there was all the more impressive when one considers that the pro-Palestine independent Akhmed Yakoob finished third on 11 per cent. Yakoob, who won the votes of many traditional Labour voters in the Muslim community, was backed by George Galloway, whose Workers’ Party of Britain is trying to cause Labour headaches across the UK.

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