please empty your brain below
GOOD GOD! What is your MP doing in THERE?!

Chig | Homepage | 05.01.06 - 10:32 p.m. | #

Still not attending any votes in Parliament, that's what.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 05.01.06 - 10:37 p.m. | #

any kiss and tell stories you can make up?

(ps you were the 2nd website I visited after seeing him go in!)

steve | Homepage | 05.01.06 - 10:38 p.m. | #

What, in a house full of loonies?

Did you see his job title?

Kirk | 05.01.06 - 10:38 p.m. | #

I urge every constituent in Bethnal Green and Bow to write to Mr Galloway and complain about this - you can do it via

http://www.locata.co.uk/commons

He normally avoids representing us in parliament by attending private functions etc; when parliament starts next week he'll likely be doing it on live TV with Jodie Marsh. What a waste of an MP! Disgusted.

Amber Mansell | 05.01.06 - 10:39 p.m. | #

When I saw that my jaw dropped so far down it's probably on the Central line now.

I wonder if they're planning on Oona King as a replacement?

quin | Homepage | 05.01.06 - 11:13 p.m. | #

I've never seen a comment of mine be edited AND jump comment boxes within half an hour!

Now that I've finished singing 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)' down the phone to my Dad, so that he knows who Pete Burns is, I'd just like to say I'm hooked already. What a fabulous mix of gobshites, crossdressers, ruined lives and totty (Preston, obviously). I'm staying in for the next three weeks.

RE: George Galloway: I guess he would say that his messages (and I'm sure there'll be quite a few that he wants to lay on us) will reach a much bigger audience on telly than they would in Parliament. Sadly, he'd be right.

Chig | Homepage | 05.01.06 - 11:17 p.m. | #

I was watching this tonight, jaw dropping to the floor, and thinking of you dg.

Surely an MP isn't allowed to take 3 weeks off away from his constituents?

I'm stunned that Galloway is on there. Stunned.

The Girl | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 12:37 a.m. | #

All of a sudden, Barrymore's not the most controversial contestant.

Rhys | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 1:13 a.m. | #

Ah yes, as I suggested, it didn't take him long. Gorgeous George has just admitted his aim of being on the programme; “Basically to try and reach their [Channel 4’s] audience with our message; our anti war campaign.”

Chig | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 1:19 a.m. | #

I am so, so, sorry for you DG and embarrassed for GG. Hope your local press have a field day with him.

Mecca Ibrahim | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 8:39 a.m. | #

What George said: "Basically to try and reach their [Channel 4’s] audience with our message; our anti war campaign.”:

What George meant: "Basically to try and reach their [Channel 4’s] audience with our message; our pro Galloway campaign."

Truly appalling.

The Dunce | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 1:01 p.m. | #

Putting Dear George in there is the only thing that could *possibly* make me want to even consider watching it

Blue Witch | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 1:36 p.m. | #

This is utterly bizarre, but it just goes to show what a champagne socialist this man is. Doubtless however he will claim Big Brother held him hostage (a la Germaine Greer previously) when of course he volunteered to go in there himself.

Some coup for the programme though!

Kevo00 | 06.01.06 - 2:39 p.m. | #

Wonder if he'll be found punctured at the bottom of the pool, courtesy of Michael Barrymore.

Matt | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 6:09 p.m. | #

I do hope he's not claiming an MP's salary from the put-upon British taxpayer whilst he's flaunting his monstrous ego on national telly. If he's not available to do a job, he shouldn't be drawing a salary for it. I think I am quite possibly angrier that I have been in a long long time.

Deborah | Homepage | 06.01.06 - 10:18 p.m. | #

http://beta.cergis.com/george/

The man is incorrigible. Channel 4 should never have given him airtime and the House of Commons should recall that man to work immediately.

(Blimey. a first post and such a rant too. sorry dg.)

Steve | 07.01.06 - 1:31 a.m. | #

I wonder if people are so outraged by this because they don't realise what *other* MPs get up to in the way of accepting money for outside jobs?

It's also only what NHS consulatnts do when they do private work while having a 'full-time' NHS consultatnts contract.

Blue Witch | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 11:09 a.m. | #

It looks, to a non-expert like me, rather like he might be breaching the MP's Code of Conduct, and in particular the General Principle of Integrity: "Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence them in the performance of their official duties." He's currently being paid to do something that prevents him carrying out *any* of his official duties.

Forest Pines | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 11:41 a.m. | #

I try never to sit on the fence, Inspector Sands, because you get splinters in awkward places!

Deborah | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 11:58 a.m. | #

Two factoids to throw into the debate:

1) Lots of MPs go on foreign jollies, so they are often unavailable to vote.

2) People who are represented by Sinn Fein MPs never get a vote in Parliament, because their MPs don't attend, so George missing three weeks is nothing in comparison.

I'm not trying to defend the man, although he does seem perfectly amiable in everything we've seen so far. My position with him is that I agree with 90\\% of what he says, but I often don't like the way he says it. As a leftie myself, I'm often embarrassed by him instead of supporting him.

Chig | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 1:15 p.m. | #

At least he says *something* Chig!

Blue Witch | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 1:55 p.m. | #

Exactly, BW. And if you had my Labour MP, you'd long for George Galloway, which is why my constituency almost gave Respect their second MP last year. I was previously in one of Labour's safest seats, but now it's a marginal.

Chig | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 2:46 p.m. | #











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