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MP for Baghdad Central Suspended by Labour Party
well it's about time, lets hope this national disgrace gets what he deserves.
from the BBC:
from the BBC:
Labour suspends Galloway
George Galloway has been suspended from the Labour Party pending "internal party investigations".
The left-winger had come under fire for remarks he made at the height of the Iraq war when he branded Tony Blair a wolf and made comments seen as urging Arabs to rise up against the coalition forces.
He had also said, in an interview with Abu Dhabi television, that British troops should refuse to follow what he said were illegal orders.
Mr Galloway immediately hit back at the suspension, describing it as "completely unjust" and "prejudicial" to his libel action against the Daily Telegraph.
In recent days Mr Galloway has been under the spotlight after the Daily Telegraph printed allegations about his relationship with the fallen Iraqi regime.
Its claims, which Mr Galloway strongly denies, are to be investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog Philip Mawer.
The commissioner will investigate whether the MP was paid money which was not declared to the Commons fees office.
Prejudice?
The investigation comes after Conservative MP Andrew Robathan wrote to Mr Mawer after the Daily Telegraph claimed Mr Galloway accepted up to £375,000 a year from Iraq.
Mr Robathan said it would be "extraordinary" if nobody asked him to examine "these extremely serious allegations".
After the complaint, Mr Galloway said the matter would be "adjudicated upon by the real courts of the law" in the two libel actions he had begun against The Daily Telegraph and the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor.
He added: "I am sure the House authorities would do nothing to prejudice my legal rights.
"No doubt Mr Robathan will fume but justice demands that I be allowed to pursue my legal actions without a political stab in the back going on in parallel."
George Galloway has been suspended from the Labour Party pending "internal party investigations".
The left-winger had come under fire for remarks he made at the height of the Iraq war when he branded Tony Blair a wolf and made comments seen as urging Arabs to rise up against the coalition forces.
He had also said, in an interview with Abu Dhabi television, that British troops should refuse to follow what he said were illegal orders.
Mr Galloway immediately hit back at the suspension, describing it as "completely unjust" and "prejudicial" to his libel action against the Daily Telegraph.
In recent days Mr Galloway has been under the spotlight after the Daily Telegraph printed allegations about his relationship with the fallen Iraqi regime.
Its claims, which Mr Galloway strongly denies, are to be investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog Philip Mawer.
The commissioner will investigate whether the MP was paid money which was not declared to the Commons fees office.
Prejudice?
The investigation comes after Conservative MP Andrew Robathan wrote to Mr Mawer after the Daily Telegraph claimed Mr Galloway accepted up to £375,000 a year from Iraq.
Mr Robathan said it would be "extraordinary" if nobody asked him to examine "these extremely serious allegations".
After the complaint, Mr Galloway said the matter would be "adjudicated upon by the real courts of the law" in the two libel actions he had begun against The Daily Telegraph and the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor.
He added: "I am sure the House authorities would do nothing to prejudice my legal rights.
"No doubt Mr Robathan will fume but justice demands that I be allowed to pursue my legal actions without a political stab in the back going on in parallel."
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