"Mr Blair, this is for Iraq."
Result of the night.
Galloway's East End street fight
George Galloway's vehement anti-war stance was always going to be one of the highlights of the 2005 general election. His successful and bitter single-issue campaign to oust Oona King from one of the most Muslim seats in the country has secured his place in British political history.
It has also given us a return of sorts to the political street-fighting that once made London's East End such a volatile electoral mix.
Oona King entered the Commons in 1997 with a majority she went on to increase in 2001. A member of the "Blair Babes", she was media savvy and a high profile MP for some of the poorest people in the country. But eight years on, those constituents have punished her closeness to the Prime Minister - not over the bread-and-butter East End issues of jobs and housing - but over her support for the war in Iraq.
And so it was to the cheers of his supporters that the new member for Bethnal Green and Bow declared: "Mr Blair, this is for Iraq."
Galloway's East End street fight
George Galloway's vehement anti-war stance was always going to be one of the highlights of the 2005 general election. His successful and bitter single-issue campaign to oust Oona King from one of the most Muslim seats in the country has secured his place in British political history.
It has also given us a return of sorts to the political street-fighting that once made London's East End such a volatile electoral mix.
Oona King entered the Commons in 1997 with a majority she went on to increase in 2001. A member of the "Blair Babes", she was media savvy and a high profile MP for some of the poorest people in the country. But eight years on, those constituents have punished her closeness to the Prime Minister - not over the bread-and-butter East End issues of jobs and housing - but over her support for the war in Iraq.
And so it was to the cheers of his supporters that the new member for Bethnal Green and Bow declared: "Mr Blair, this is for Iraq."
posted by phylos @ 08:14
2 Comments:
And wasn't his interview with Paxman great?
I appreciate what he has done to make a point and we know he probably will not be there next election but the point some of the politicians made about the "Black Woman" issue do need to be looked at. Was she voted out because of Iraq or because a predominently muslim constituancy didn't want a woman representing them.....
I love politics!
It was great
It's here...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/blog/4519553.stm
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