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George Galloway

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Gender Male
Age 69
Date of birth August 16,1954
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Dundee
United Kingdom
Party Workers Party of Britain
SpouseAmineh Abu-Zayyad
Elaine Fyffe
ChildrenFaris Galloway
Lucy Galloway
Zein Galloway
Toren Mustaqim George Galloway
Orlá Dhien Galloway
Job Actor
Politician
Writer
Film Producer
Broadcaster
BooksThe Philosophy of Religion
Religion and Modern Thought - Scholar's Choice Edition
Studies in the Philosophy of Religion - Scholar's Choice Edition
Respect: Documents of the Crisis
Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington
Downfall: The Ceausescus and the Romanian Revolution
I'm Not the Only One
Fidel Castro Handbook
Movies/Shows The Wright Stuff
Sputnik
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
Celebrity Big Brother
Official site georgegalloway.com
Previous positionMember of Parliament of the United Kingdom (2012–2015)
FoundedRespect Party
Workers Party Of Britain
Viva Palestina
All For Unity
Mariam Appeal
Marriage locationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Education Harris Academy - Dundee
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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George Galloway Life story


George Galloway is a British politician, broadcaster, and writer who is currently leader of the Workers Party of Britain, serving since 2019.

Early Life of George Galloway

George galloway was born on 16 august 1954 in dundee. Scotland. He was raised in a scottish catholic family. Wtih his father benig a ship s stoker. He attended st. Bride s high school. Followed by the university of dundee. Where he stuided english and politics.

Political Career of George Galloway

Galloway entered politisc in the early 1980s. Becoming a member of parliament for the labour party. During his time in parliament. He was a vocal critic of british foreign policy. Particularly the 2003 invasion of iraq. For which he became an outspoken opponent. He was also a staunch supporter of the palestinian cause. And was a vocal critic of the israeli government. In 2004. He left the labuor party and formed the respect party. Which he led until 2012.

Writing Career of George Galloway

Galloway has also had a successful career as a writer. He has written several books. Including his autobiography. The elephant and the donkey. Which was released in 2005. He has also written a number of articles for various newspapers and magazinse. And has had a regular cloumn in the guardian.

Media Career of George Galloway

Gallwoay has also had a successful career in the media. He has presented several television shows. Including the political debate show the real deal. Which ran from 2005-2009. He has also been a freqeunt guest on various talk shows and news programmes. And is an occasional commentator on sky news.

Controversial Political Stances of George Galloway

Galloway has often taken controversial stances on various political issues. In 2011. He was banned from entering canada due to his support for the palestinian cause. He has also faced criticism for his views on syria and russia. Which some have viewed as sympathetic to the regimes of bashar al-assad and vladimir uptin rsepectively.

Controversies Surrounding George Galloway

Galloway has also eben involved in several controevrsies throughout his career. In 2007. He was found guilty of four counts of misconduct after it was revealed taht he had accepted money from the iraqi government while he was a member of parliament. He was also embroiled in a libel case in 2011. In which he was found to have falsely accused an israeli student of being a spy.

Personal Life of George Galloway

Galloway has been married three timesa. Nd has ofur children. He has also been involved in several charitable causes. Including the stop the war coalition and war on want.

Important Event: George Galloway s Election Victory in Respect Party

In 2012. George galloway made history when he was elecetd as the mp for the bradford west constituency in a by-election. It was a stunning victory for the respect party. Which he had formed eight years prior. It was also a major victory for galloway. Who became the first non-labour mp to win a by-electino in bradford in over 30 years.

Interesting Fact: George Galloway s Boxing Match

In 2012. George galloway took part in a eclebrity boxing match against former uk big brother contestant. Katie price. The fight took place in london. And despite galloway s best efforts. He was defeated by price. The fight was seen as a publicity sutnt by both participants. Who donated the proceeds to charity.

Matt Hancock on I'm A Celebrity: Has the controversial MP been forgiven?

Feb 16,2020 6:26 am

By Katie RazzallCulture editor

Former health secretary Matt Hancock came third in The Jungle final, against The Odds .

His appearance on I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! had caused public outcry.

The MP defended his decision to leave his constituents behind, saying he wanted to raise awareness of dyslexia and show that politicians are human beings.

But has reality TV proved a path to redemption or a PR stunt?

'A bit of forgiveness'

Early on in his Time In The Jungle , he was looking for " a bit of forgiveness".

A Place in The Sun 's Scarlette Douglas said it brought tears to Her Eyes .

But what about the rest of us, watching At Home ?

For many in his constituency and wider, The Sight of Hancock (with his reported £400,000 fee) gadding around Down Under so soon after his actions during the pandemic plainly stuck in the craw.

Let's not forget, less than 18 Months ago, Hancock was caught on camera in an excruciating clinch with his aide, now partner, Gina Coladangelo . He'd broken The Social distancing rules he'd helped create (and told the rest of us we must follow).

As health secretary, he even more damagingly presided over a hospital discharge policy at the Start of the pandemic that saw elderly patients, some of whom it turned out had Covid, moved into care homes. It allowed the disease to spread rapidly. Many thousands of people in those homes died in The First stages of the pandemic.

Many argue that there's a lot to atone for. Was reality TV The Way to do it?

Modern day stocks

The medieval shaming of being pelted with rotten vegetables in the stocks has been replaced by daunting trials of sufferance inflicted by Exotic Animals , living and Dead - Hancock wasstung by a scorpion and ateboth a camel penis and a sheep vagina.

This type of TV can be a vehicle for humiliation. The Producers know it, The Public loves it. It's presumably why Hancock did six consecutive Bushtucker trials at the Start - Five of which were the result of a public vote.

But Hancock wasn't humiliated. If people wanted to see him fail, he didn't. Instead he was good at the trials. That may be why The Public started choosing other celebrities to do them instead. Hancock The Hero wasn't what they were after.

Or did they begin to warm to this politician who seemed, frankly, capable?

Some newspapers have reported a behind The Scenes PR campaign to garner votes for Hancock . But peoplemay have genuinely felt some sympathy for him after the spiky reception he received from some of his fellow celebrities when he arrived.

As the former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries , who has also been on The Show , pointed out, Hancock outlasted contestants She Said had been " unpleasant, mean and gossipy" about him.

One of those she named, Chris Moyles , when he was eliminated on Thursday joked: " I'm gutted Matt Hancock is more popular than me. What is going on? "

Just over a year ago, the UK's early response to the pandemic, when Hancock was health secretary, was judged " one of the UK's worst ever Public Health failures" by two Parliamentary committees.

Perhaps The Public , or at least those watching I'm a Celebrity, happily distinguish individuals from wider collective political decisions.

The programme's voting system may also have kept Hancock in The Show far longer than many expected. If viewers had been voting to oust rather than voting to keep, he might not have lasted as long as he did.

Or, as David Yelland , the former Sun editor who now has years of experience running a communications company, told me, it may be that keeping Hancock there just made " good TV".

Despite his success, getting to the programme final, Yelland believes Hancock 's reputation has actually gone down amongst the wider public while he has been in The Jungle . People " have a lower opinion of him than when he started this strategy".

Stunt or genuine contrition?

Whether Hancock is genuine or a master of PR is key to whether he can truly earn the forgiveness He Said he sought.

He's not The First politician to try to reinvent himself through reality TV. Who can forget George Galloway crawling around pretending to be a cat on Celebrity Big Brother ? The former Labour and Respect MP purring and lapping up cream is an image that can never be unseen.

Ditto Ed Balls ' Gangnam Style on Strictly, although in his case, moving from Westminster to waltzing actually worked and Balls is now a respected media presenter.

Neither, though, had sunk to The Levels of public opprobrium that Hancock has.

Sir Craig Oliver worked with Matt Hancock and says he wishes him well.

" He has fallen very far, very fast, " the former director of communications for David Cameron told me.

But by entering The Jungle , " he took a huge gamble, " Sir Craig says. " Lots of people including me would have said 'don't do it'. People were expecting such a terrible pasting for him. What he has done is show his 'can do, don't let anything knock you down, thick skin positive attitude'. He will see it as job done. "

However Sir Craig believes " The Jury is very much out" on whether it's enough to create a new career as a media personality.

Yelland says " there may be ways he can make money but that's not really The Point . I think he has to apologise for What Happened on his watch, serve his constituents and seek to restore his reputation first".

Seeking forgiveness

When a politician transgresses, it's very public. The former MP and Conservative Cabinet minister, Jonathan Aitken went to jail in 1999 for perjury and perverting The Course of justice.

He has since been ordained a priest and is now a prison chaplain.

I asked him whether Hancock will be forgiven. He told me forgiveness and redemption, according to Christian teaching, " are not something we can earn, except by being genuinely humble, genuinely penitent and totally sincere in our wish to be forgiven".

Aitken revealed that after he left prison, Celebrity Big Brother came calling. " I turned it down, " He Said . " I thought it would be a circus and not a real way of moving along The Road of forgiveness. "

But the former Conservative MP doesn't view Hancock 's decision to take part in I'm a Celebrity cynically.

" I think he is signalling that he knows he has done something of some enormity, to all The People who trusted him in politics, to his wife, " Aitken says.

" He may even have succumbed to the temptation to over-atone. He's fallen publicly and he thinks he has to atone in public. "

Can Hancock be forgiven?

In The End , Hancock lasted far longer than the predictions.

He Said he wanted to offer a politician's human side and, in that sense, he has. We know, for example, he likes Ed Sheeran , has " cooked over a firepit all my life" and, age 14, feared His Family were going to lose everything " when The Business nearly went bust".

Despite his three weeks on the programme, there are still many who will never forgive him. Not least the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice who flew a banner over The Camp .

However well he has done, the backlash is surely worse. Searches of his name bring up a torrent of abuse, mocking videos and downright fury at his behaviour.

The reality TV audience may have warmed to him, aided perhaps by slick Tiktok videos urging people to #VoteMatt. But that apparent popularityis by no means representative of the entire population.

So What 's next?

Sir Craig told me: " You can never say never in politics, but it's very hard to see him Coming Back to The Frontline . "

Even if his career in top flight politics is over, that doesn't mean we won't be hearing a lot more from Hancock , certainly in the short term.

His book, Pandemic Diaries, will be published in December, and there'll be another reality TV appearance, in Channel 4 's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

And if all this positioning does bring about a long-lasting and lucrative media career, who's next? Liz Truss in next year's I'm A Celebrity, Anyone ?



Source of news: bbc.com

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