Posted on 01/06/2006 1:06:33 AM PST by propertius
George Galloway checked into the Big Brother house last night for the latest controversial instalment of his political career.
"Gorgeous George", as the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow has been described, has told producers his favourite things are his "daughter, sunbathing and sex".
George Galloway greets crowds outside the Big Brother house The MP, who was thrown out of the Labour Party and founded his own instead, left politics off his list. But he stood at the top of the steps on his way into Channel 4's reality television house, held his fingers aloft in a victory sign and shouted "Stop the war". He was greeted by a chorus of boos.
Inside the house, he introduced himself to fellow "celebrities", saying: "I'm an MP." He enjoyed a prolonged handshake with Faria Alam, the former mistress of England coach Sven Goran Eriksson, and then went to speak to the red-haired actress Rula Lenska.
Claiming he had "no game plan other than to entertain and inform", Mr Galloway said politics was "showbiz for ugly people". He is playing for the charity InterPal, which provides humanitarian aid for Palestinians, and said he would "take the opportunity to speak for a more civilised way of life".
Also among the contestants are entertainer Michael Barrymore who was interviewed by police after Stuart Lubbock was found dead in the pool of his Essex mansion in 2001.
The others include 1980s pop singer Pete Burns, Baywatch actress Traci Bingham, comic Welsh rapper Maggot, glamour model Jodie Marsh, former American basketball player Dennis Rodman and singer Preston, from band The Ordinary Boys.
The final contestant is Chantelle, 22, from Essex, who is not famous but has to convince the other contestants that she is.
If Rodman kicks Galloway's a$$, I'll watch.
"Charity for palis" == more rockets and morter rounds...
Mark
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Galloway reveals himself and his motives. . .
1st RESPONSE: Yeeech!
2nd RESPONSE: Shouldn't shark jumping be in there somewhere?
Galloway may feel a bit uneasy with a touch of ennui at those rare times when he has the great misfortune to have only himself as company.
I can't stand Galloway but I sure like that quote.
Thank you for those links.
I see from the third link that Interpal shut up the critics by bringing/threatening defamation law suit. This is a favorite trick of the Muslims and Galloway in the UK due to the UK's overly loose and free speech impeding defamation laws. Refrorm is way overdue on that score.
I watched this by downloading it. He attributed the quote to Enoch Powell.
The show is a train wreck. Dennis Rodman and the "musicians" on the show are the most "normal".
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