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2003-10-29 Britain

Britainâs Tory Opposition in for change of leadership

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-29 6:48:59 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 LOL - I see this is small beer for al Jazeera, whose main story at the mo is a trashpiece from the chewed pen of Yvonne Ridley:

"Rebel Galloway launches political party. Rebel MP George Galloway has announced the launch of a new political movement which could change the face of British politics for ever."

...or not, as the case might be.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-29 7:09:27 PM|| 2003-10-29 7:09:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 He can call it the Al-Qaeda Fan Club. Yvonne can be a cheerleader.

Posted by tu3031 2003-10-29 7:28:24 PM|| 2003-10-29 7:28:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bulldog, my British English must be slipping. I just read all of the Galloway quotes in the AJ article and I have no idea what the guy is saying. Is there a Galloway dictionary in print?

Posted by Matt 2003-10-29 7:28:41 PM|| 2003-10-29 7:28:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Matt, I tried reading the quotes out loud using my best Dundee accent, and it still doesn't make much sense to me, either. Next time I have a few too many beers, I'll try again. See if that helps.

I think I understood a few snippets here and there, though: he's got a veiled Jewish conspiracy thing going, so far as I can tell, and I think he wants a bloody- or bloodless-revolution (probably doesn't matter which really), and he wants to um... unite, and to liberate domestics.

If I can find a proper translation, I'll get back to you.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-29 7:49:02 PM|| 2003-10-29 7:49:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Bulldog, ROTFLMAO.

Posted by Matt 2003-10-29 8:11:11 PM|| 2003-10-29 8:11:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 More seriously though, I wonder whether he's actually starting an Islamo-centric political entity. The sanity-challenged rhetoric fits admirably; the reference to "foreign elites" and "an increasingly exclusive international club" could be anti-Zionist or anti-EU or anti-US, or anti-Globalization, a mix, or intended to be refering to whatever the listener chooses to assume they're a reference to; he says "[t]his level will unite Muslims, Christians and Jews...", giving Muslims priority over the rest; and add this to the fact that he is rumoured to have converted to Islam and carries a Koran about with him at all times...

There's not much money for being just another socialistic moonbat with unrealistic ideas of importance, but I bet he reckons there's a moneyspinning aspect to being the UK's voice of Islam. He's probably asked the Saudi cash dispenser currently in Washington to pay a visit to London sometime in the near future...

Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-29 8:37:30 PM|| 2003-10-29 8:37:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you...

Posted by Seafarious 2003-10-29 8:48:33 PM|| 2003-10-29 8:48:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Bulldog, would you like a nice Druid curse placed on ole George? Don't know how well they work long distance, but I'd be glad to give it a try. I'm not an easy guy to rattle, but some of my ancestors give me the screaming willies! Guess that works for their enemies, too...

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-10-29 10:37:48 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-10-29 10:37:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Worth a try, OP, but I suspect that George has made a pact with someone somewhere that might make him invulnerable to that sort of thing...

Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-30 3:44:19 AM|| 2003-10-30 3:44:19 AM|| Front Page Top

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