Doubts by voters over George Galloway's effectiveness
March 25 2010 by Liam Clifford
The exploits of the Respect MP are never far from the media, being refused a Canada visa last month for instance, however some have their concerns.
Questions have today been raised by the voters of Poplar and Canning Town over the commitment shown to the area and the constituents within it by the Respect MP George Galloway.
Galloway, who will be competing for the seat of Poplar and Canning Town in the forthcoming local elections, has been criticised for giving preference to his humanitarian aid envoys to Palestine and other speaking engagements he currently holds around the world over what would be his political responsibilities to the area.
Roger D’lusia, a 34-year old from Bethnal Green who originally voted for Galloway at the last election in 2005 said he was disappointed by the amount of time the MP seemed to designate to his duties as an MP;
“He seems to be always in the news; it is however never for work done in Bethnal Green, but in the Middle-East or some other far-flung place.”
The controversial Respect MP was recently refused a Canada visa for his involvement in aid convoys into Gaza; this seems to be a politically motivated barring by a notoriously Conservative Canadian government.
It was felt by the immigration authorities that the humanitarian convoys, Viva Palestina, that Galloway is heavily involved in, are somehow supporting Hamas. This highly contentious subject is shrouded by half-truths as Galloway himself has admitted to making financial contributions to the Hamas Government, the elected government in Palestine. However, the aid convoys have been proven to be supplying nothing more than much needed supplies to the people of Gaza, under what is effectively enforced occupation.
All of which makes the Respect MP’s life an interesting one, although the voters of Poplar and Canning Town have their doubts over whether he has the capacity to be facing interrogations by Canada immigration among other escapades and fulfil his role as an elected MP.
One source telling Global Visas that “he had not even seen the MP in the area”.
This sentiment is reflected entirely in the opinion polls and of course the preferred barometer of how an MP is faring in the area, the bookies. Ladbrokes in Gt. Tower Street, East London, were offering odds of 7/1 today for the Respect MP to win the seat, 3rd favourite. With the Labour and Tory candidates, Jim Fitzpatrick and Tim Archer placed at 10/11 and evens respectively, a long way ahead.
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