Any Brits out there in DU land?

[TheDebbieDee]

Can we keep George Galloway and make him one of ours?

I dub thee "The British Harry Truman, tellin' it like it T-I-is!"

[Taxloss]

1. I'm a Brit.

Galloway's a very controversial figure over here. I think a lot of people would say "you're welcome to him".

But boy is he eloquent, charismatic, and unafraid of saying what he thinks.

[SmokingJacket]

2. We certainly could use some of that "saying what he thinks" stuff.

It's hard not to smother with kisses anyone who slams Norm Coleman like that.

But I understand we're only seeing one side of Galloway...

[Zuni]

4. true, anyone who slams coleman has that going for him

but Galloway also has the whole "spending Christmas vacation with Saddam Hussein and his family" thing. :eyes:

[Taxloss]

8. Quite. And he's a rampant grandstander and egoist.

I personally don't like him, BUT I think we'd be a lot worse off if he wasn't around. And he has been the victim of the most extraordinary smear campaign, so he's rattled a lot of highly placed cages that needed rattling.

And Respect won a seat, which is remarkable for a British "fourth party"; UKIP, the Greens, Veritas, CPA, Peace & Prgoress, SWP, BNP, none of them have even come close to that.

[Zuni]

10. I definetly like rabble rousers

and they do make politics more interesting. Still, Galloway is a pretty shady character
I definetly agree with you on this one

[Zuni]

3. Galloway, in my opinion, is a little loopy

[mrfrapp]

11. In what way

In what way is Galloway "loopy"? I'm prepared to accept that you don't like him but describing him as "loopy" is uncalled for.

[babylonsister]

5. After his diatribe this a.m., do you even think he'd

WANT to live here? I'm thinking he wouldn't, and I can't blame him.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. You're right, he probably wouldn't WANT to stay.....

That's why I asked if we could KEEP him!

[TyeDye75]

6. We need him back here

to start kicking Blair's arse

and he makes an entertaining guest on the Wright Stuff (current affairs morning TV show)

[DS1]

9. I'm a British ex-pat, and I think we should declare him U.S.

property, and a mandatory figure in all Senate hearings.