Hey Dragonhead you have every right to criticise . but in your communist country CHINA,people are shot for protesting.

Not forgetting the Chinese citizens are not allowed to vote.

Goerge Galloway was elected but the people who voted for him. Unheard of in CHINA ...correction NOT ALLOWED in China ..voting.

Every heard of the word Hypocrite, suggest you look in your mirror.

Respectfully

Galactic Cannibal

what a disgusting spectacle it was today watching the Speaker Michael Martin suppress George's every other word and then finally kick him out.

How stupid does the Speaker think we are? We know that this is politically motivated and that not one of the committee involved in this stitch-up can be described as 'honourable'.

As for the Lib Dem Simon Hughes voting to suspend Galloway - shame on him. The Lib Dems pretend they are an anti-war party to capitalise on the mood of the country but really they are just the same as the other two parties.

George, don't worry - we have your back and you have MUCH support, as you know.

Those that think they can continue to live in a cosy little bubble inside Parliament, voting for the destruction of other people's countries and the mass murder that came with that, the destruction of our pubic services, the shackling of our young people with debt via tuition fees, the dismantling of our democracy and now for the expulsion of one of the few MPs of integrity, can think again - their bubble will be burst soon and they are in for a rude awakening from the people.

After the whitewash of the cash for honours debacle, chucking George Galloway out is pure and utter hypocrisy.

This hypocrisy is also well highlighted by the number of MP's who voted for Bliar's illegal war in Iraq.

Do these MP's not realise why people consider them to be the lowest of the low; and why people have no respect whatsoever for most politicians.

Suspend Cameron and all other Conservative MP's permantently. Problem of disunion solved. Brown can then start running things without niggling issues from the losers.

Listening to George's speech over breakfast this morning, I almost died when I heard him ask the Labour treasurer if they checked whether Labour Party donation recieved from Richard Desmond came from "spunk loving sluts".

How ironic that one of the only MPs with any integrity be suspended for lack of it.

It's just a shame there's only one George as there are hundreds of Labour MPs to get rid of.

Stick it to um George, because they definitely do not like it up um. He certainly doesn't mince his words, does he? "The war criminal George W. Bush and his supine lackey, Tony Blair." Hard to argue with that. “Brown and Blair; two cheeks of the same arse.” Nice one, George. Rub their noses in it.

Congratulations 3/Athena, I concur. But George went wobbly with the @rse analogy, 8/Jason; brown is the colour of turds, and filthy floodwater.
If it were possible to generate electricity from lies about Iraq, someone could plug the British government into the grid and solve the energy crisis.

Why can we post on GW but not on the topic prior to this about the juror listening to music?

#11
censorship by the hootsman, they dont want people saying what they feel

#11
Its the same with the cops evading speeding fines and points

George has clearly shown that the parliamentary club will not let him defend himself. He highlights the corrupt basis on which the party system runs. He will get the chance to speak to a larger public audience which may waken more electors to the sordid background of big non-elector interests which propel it.

I watched the debate. I am entirely on George's side but I did think the speaker gave him a lot of leeway in relation to the house rules. I would have preferred to see George play within the house rules, as ridiculous as they are. He would undoubtedly lose, then a later protest could be made about how unjust the rules are. As it was, he was cut short, there were no news crews outside because everyone was covering the floods, in effect his voice was drowned out by the floods. Now people like Norm Coleman are writing about him in the Wall Street Journal, and a headline at news.com.au states "George Galloway suspended 'for taking money from Saddam'". Both are, of course, complete bulls***. I just wish he could have used up that valuable time on Parliament TV to get much more out. Having said all that, I have to say he is one of the few politicians I respect, and I can understand how difficult it is for him to take on the establishment single handed, and maybe he preferred to get kicked out rather than be stifled. Either way George, I am 100% behind you.

Best just to let wee george spit out his psychotic ranting,every time he revs his oversized ego and mouth he condemns himself.
It is sad to see any supporters at all, it is quite remarkable , perhaps the remark, "you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time "say's it all.

Awful situation when a man is flung out of the house for telling the truth and possibly because the inmates dont like it.Also awful that the man who evicted him [LYONS] is another scot.This is the man who states that the council tax is not broken and should stay,what planet is he on.Is it not time for the West Lothian question to be implemented.

I would guess the treatment and accusations directed at Mr Galloway, especially when comparisons are made with those making the accusations, and their considering he brought them into disrepute, will only serve to increase membership of the Respect party.

Galloway's recent shabby treatment in the House of iniquity in order to gag him, typifies what our sham democracy is really all about. Since the birth of Industrial Britain people such as Galloway were usually rounded up, manancled and dragged aboard a sailing ship and transported abroad where very few survived within their Spartan existence.
There is no limit to Establishment brutality when any opponent crosses the line to reveal their true role in control. It is difficult to acknowledge the real depth and cynical measures those in control will descend too; in order to eradicate those with the courage to expose them.
The same old familiar claptrap and cliches are trotted out parrot fashion today as they have done so throughout history to deal with those strong enough to challenge the wealthy elitist.
To survive; this elitist group require a servile and passive labour force who allow the fruits of their toil to be handed over to greedy fat cat directors and shareholders to indulge in a lifestyle they forbid the *REAL WEALTH PRODUCERS and their families to share and enjoy. Who would have believed at the beginning of the 20th Century that in the 21st Century we we would still be *SUBJECTS*? Could they have also believed in the year 2007 we would still have one off the most outdated and antiquated form of government in the whole of modern western industrialised society; in which we are brainwashed to accept as DEMOCRACY?
Most of those who dress in Medieval robes of ermine and sit in the House of Lords are not their by choice of the people and should have been pickled in strong vinegar many, many years ago. They are the equivalent of the parasitic feudal system that allowed them to control the Medieval social and economoic system that permitted them to rob the peasants off their land and use them as slaves.
Our country will never be anything other than it is today; untill ordinary people become the Lords and Masters of their own destiny

Never mind suspension, this traitorous dog should have his head stuck on a pole! As odious as they come and those who support him are cretins.

#20 Wattie. Well said, excellent stuff.

I can't help liking George. Boy did he put a rocket up the @rses of those unsuspecting Senators!

#20 Gosh! Wattie somewhwhere along the way your needle has become stuck in historical record.

The problem that you have is you certainly know what and who you don't like, however in practical terms you appear to have no solution to ammend that.

Give your brain a holiday, try some lighter reading material, look at the positive, forward moving efforts to create new aims new targets.

Might help to get you out of the doldrums.

nothing wrong with my recent submission mr moderator

I despair when I see the number of people on the left who have been hood-winked by this charlatan.

George Galloway is nothing more than a vainglorious publicity-seeker.

I just watched the full debate; the net is a great tool.

The first point, aimed at the folk above who seek to, at best, dismiss and, worse, condemn this man:

The Standards Committee itself says Galloway WAS NOT GUILTY of the charges levelled against him. They wanted to suspend him because of HOW HE FOUGHT HIS DEFENCE.

On that: He's not a 'prickly character', he simply expresses his views and doesn't bend to the 'social niceties' of the Commons when such niceties mask the inherent hypocrisy. He was being accused of a 'crime' (using Commons facilities to promote a vested interest) by a man who was evidently doing the same thing. A 'Standards' committee should have standards. However, this standards committee selected witnesses to support, not ascertain, but to support the accusations made against him. They neglected to interview people who would have support Galloway. Low Standards.

The Standards Committee found Galloway INNOCENT. They condemned him for the manner of his defence. His defence included pointing out the fact that he was being asked to operate within rules, rules that limited his ability to defend himself.

You may not like him as a person. You may not like his political views. However, if you believe in a democratic process, you are bound to find this whole affair as an insult to 'democracy'. It was a hatchet job on someone who has never hid or compromised his views. Institutions will always attack those from within to seek to expose the hypocrisy he sees and, biggest crime of all, attempt to make the commons more representative of the people and not the vested interest of industry and finance.

I don't agree with some of his views and actions but I applaud this man for his tenacity and his core beliefs.

And what core beliefs are those - look after George Galloway?

27. Not A Unionist or Nationalist

No. Why say that? To demonise him in some way? Why? Logically, we ALL have that central core belief; we eat. To imply that Galloway is self-serving beyond the basic necessities of human life is simply absurd. If he was 'guilty' of what you say, he would have rolled over a long time ago and had a cushy life on the back benches under New Labour.

To imply that he is feathering his nest is equally flawed in that we ALL feather our nest in some manner and he, in terms of his position, has a comparatively uncomfortable nest. (Compare his living conditions with other MPs).

His real core beliefs are based upon the seemingly weird idea that the PEOPLE within a tax zone should lead the commons by representation and not be 'managed'.

He was found not guilty of the charges made against him. The man who made the charges was himself a part of a group, funded primarily by the US gov (us tax payer money) to find compliant new leaders and to work towards the downfall of Saddam. The Standards Committee was highly selected and deeply selective about the evidence they chose to hear. Their task was to explore the veracity of the accusations. The committee was selected in a highly suspicious manner ("packed") and they spend a huge amount of YOUR money trying to find him guilty (instead of looking at veracity of the charge). YOUR money was spent in a smear campaign. Galloway was suspended for pointing that out in a manner that didn't suit the sensibilities of his accusers.

BTW: The forged documents (proven to forged) could only have been transmitted to CSMonitor by US/'uk' government help.

BTW: The Standard Committee Report was leaked to the Murdoch press on a Sunday with a by-election (Respect involved) being the following day. The Committee said he was inncoent of the charges but managed to suspend him anyway for his strong defence. IE: They couldn't find any improprity on his part (tra

why was 7 deleted?

No 11: do you mean Khanom Ruhela? The Daily Mail named her, so I guess other papers are just scared of mentioning the word 'muslim' without the word 'terrorist' attached. I don't agree with much of GG's politics, but over the years I have learnt to listen to people like him, because we have to tolerate our opponents as well as ourselves. There is a parallel between GG and Ms Khanom; their egotism caused them to allegedly attack an institution (Parliament, the Judiciary) rather than the people within. The danger is that such tactics can backfire; the juror seems both foolish and arrogant. GG is supposed to serve his constituents, a job made harder by the suspension.

George's star continues to rise!! He doesn't lose arguments and he highlights the hypocrisy of Westminster, that's why he was suspended!!!

I don't like his unionist views, but I admire his stance over the Middle East. It is to his eternal credit, that we are not all painted with the same brush as Blair and his henchmen in the eyes of the world!!!

Galloway lost any respect he may have had from me when he told Saddam:

"Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability"

It is one thing being opposed to the war and fighting your corner. It is quite another to support a mass murderer.

Listened to the debate, George is; good entertainment, a fine orator and, a ferocious debater but please do not confuse this with credibility, he has none. His opening diatribe was all smoke and mirrors, having watched his political career from his days with Dundee Labour Party and with the charity War on Want to the present day I am absolutely convinced the man is a mountebank of the first order.

#35 At last someone who agrees with me - his political career in Dundee is worth a book in itself!!

The speaker of the house should be thrown out on his ear.

He should have been appologizing to Gallway and asking for Tony Blair and his accomplices to be arrested for misleading the country into two illegal wars that have killed over 650,000 innocent people, Injured and maimed millions and caused millions more to be displaced refugees.

Also, for aiding and abbetting war crimes and terrorsim.. E.g. Israel attacking and slaughtering 1400 Lebanese and 600 Palestinians in the past year or so.

George Galloway is to honest for the English house of commons. In fact the only man to enter that den of iniquity with good intentions was GUY FAWKES.

"Galloway lost any respect he may have had from me when he told Saddam..."

No, he lost your respect a few years after the event, just about the time the "War on Terror" farce began, when the establishment decided it was now very handy to replay this piece of footage at every possible opportunity so that the sheeple will turn on a leading anti-war figure at a crucial moment in time. Congratulations for being so easily manipulated.

Nevermind that he was trying to bring an end to murderous sanctions (OUR murderous sanctions), nevermind he has spent his entire life fighting for justice and an end to war - a few poorly chosen words cancel all of this out, right?

Quite ridiculous.

15. Dragonhead, China
You wrote: #2 GallacticCannibal
"with out some half-baked numbskull like you"

Hey Dragonhead dude,

Its sad that you resort to name calling every time a person questions your scribes.

There is only one L in Galactic

Respectfully

Galactic Cannibal

Athena you are a class A muppet - check where I am from - Dundee - Galloway's home city. We know him well here - long before the war - my mother taught beside his father - so I think I have a better idea of the man than the Dave Sparts that populate this board.

They don’t like it up em Captain Galloway - The fuzzy wuzzies in the house don’t like it up em!

The worrying thing is that we all sit back and accept this type of injustice when we all realise it's smoke and mirrors by our own government.
They wouldn't get away with this type of behaviour in France for example.
He's telling the truth, the government is lying and we're doing nothing. Maybe it's us who need to change as well.

you have such great insight into what he is like and yet all you can do is repeat the same tedious soundbite that is shown on the news and printed in the newspapers month in and month out as part of a very obvious and sustained campaign against the man... what a deep thinker you sound.

"Sir: I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatiguability"

Maybe he should appear on BIG BROTHER again and role play a rat. He is a dangerous, self - serving buffon, who represents nobody.

What kind of a punishment is suspension from the House? That balloon is never there anyway. They should punish him by putting him back into the Big Brother House. There's a motormouth in there who argues with the flies who buzz near her. He's in showbiz anyway and everybody knows he's a big pussy!

My apologies for butting into your local affairs but while reading the comments it occurred to me the line from George Bernard Shaw: “England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” falls far short of reality; I think it’s much much more than that.

Reading through the posts the majority seem to side with Galloway, in that he has been treated badly.

I think we should all chip in and get him a knighthood.

An odious little man, who started his career with a council, which even by labour controlled council standards was corrupt and inefficient. His undying support for Saddam while we were at war should have led to him being hung as a traitor!

Hand of god indeed - you sound like a fundamentalist wack-job Allan.