DESPERATE: Media's Failed Attempt to 'Corbynate' George Galloway

Right, so first they came for Jeremy Corbyn and they threw the kitchen sink at him, they launched their chicken coups, they briefed against him in the press, they misappropriated funds, they stood against the will of the membership and for themselves, such is the state of the Labour Party, both then and now, the biggest barrier for change in this country as it purports to represent ordinary working class people, yet when those policies were put forward by somebody, they sought to destroy them at all costs.
In no small way were the media not involved in that as well, they were the drivers of it, daily attack articles, interviews with opponents within the party and the slightest whiff of a scandal and well, it was on the hour every hour news.
And so it now is, that George Galloway appears to be the next perceived threat to the status quo, having hammered his mainstream opponents in Rochdale back in March, now having announced a raft of parliamentary candidates and local council candidates, the Workers Party of Great Britain is building from the ground up, doesn’t have those internal saboteurs that Corbyn did have to contend with, yet the media are coming for him, as they did Corbyn before. Well for numerous reasons, Galloway is no Corbyn, but if the media think he’ll take an on air monstering lying down, they’ll quickly learn how very much he isn’t like Corbyn and how he possibly doesn’t need to be either.
Right, so George Galloway on Good Morning Britain got subjected to what was a distinctly Corbynesque attack from both Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid, both seemingly looking to land a gotcha on a guy who simply won’t take it rather than actually ask him anything of any real pertinence or relevance, though of course these interviews always start nicely, they began by talking about Galloway’s vision for his party, to replace Labour to actually be the Party that Labour should be rather than this Tory tribute act it keeps becoming because of the damage done to it by the likes of Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson, turning the party into something that as Corbyn proved sadly, seems impossible to reverse and it only took Keir Starmer lying about everything he stood for, to get elected and then show his true colours as a return to that Blair style of politics to come. Now I’ve always been of the view, that the con Blair pulled, with the mainstream media onside, and no alternative media and no social media to push back on that, that that is how he got away with what he’d done, the Iraq War for example. Can you imagine how things might have been different if the level of social media scrutiny, social media, smartphones being in existence then, was as it is now especially in light of how we’ve been able to observe and judge the actions of Israel in Gaza for example? Blair and Bush would never have got away with what they did I don’t think and equally, Keir Starmer wouldn’t be able to either.
It didn’t take long for the interview to descend into an attack though. Let Galloway get comfy then we’ll clobber him Corbyn style and see how he likes it and after much shouting over the top of Galloway, very much the attack centred on those GMB presenters effectively taking what Rishi Sunak had been saying about Galloway when he got elected MP for Rochdale and going from there, on one hand treating Sunak’s opinion as given fact and some kind of sage opinion, when of course it was just a pathetic swipe from somebody on his last political legs, who’s party got rinsed into 3rd place in Rochdale, and probably only managed to get that high, after Labour imploded during the campaign.
This was a get Galloway moment and knowing what we saw happen to Corbyn over those years, this was a familiar sight to many of us. Whether you agree with Galloway, like, him or don’t, agree with him, or not, the spectacle of this media clown show by two pathetic presenters, one of whom should damn well know better even if you expect this drivel from the other, this isn’t how any sensible, supposedly informative current affairs interview should be conducted. Before you say anything about Galloway’s responses, the treatment he got, should be condemned. This offered those watching absolutely nothing, just served as a reminder that political opinions are clearly only permitted by those who fit into the narrow, what is deemed as acceptable political class. I very much consider myself outside of that I challenge it, so does Galloway, in that respect we have something in common here even if I vehemently disagree with him on several issues, but certainly there was no way anyone should be treated like this on a TV interview. It’s like these channels, these presenters see themselves as entitled to do so. If you choose to come on our platform you deserve what you get, might be the attitude, but when some are treated far differently from others depending on the political persuasion, then there is a pro establishment bias at hand and this was blatantly exposed once again here.
Madely talking about Galloway being a Muslim, when he’s a lifelong Roman Catholic was pathetic, what were you doing you ridiculous man, but there you go, it was brought up. Susanna Reid, usually the sensible one, was unhinged in shouting over Galloway, you were endorsed by Nick Griffin she shrieked, well, he put out a tweet telling people to back Galloway as the least worst option, not exactly an endorsement, and Galloway refuted it. As he put it, how can I be a Muslim one hand alluding to Madeley’s nonsense, and also be someone who hates them, as the BNP do? The daft pair couldn’t even get their attack lines straight. Then he was accused of dismissing what happened on October 7th, he doesn’t, nobody in their right mind does, though an investigation is needed, independent of Israel to establish the truth. He was accused of glorifying Hezbollah, they’re a resistance group, they commit acts of atrocity too though, Hamas the same, it was the friends of Hamas line again, written slightly differently, that was used to bash Corbyn with. Same tactics.
Frankly, GMB did Galloway a massive favour. People will have looked at that and thought if those two are clearly so afraid of him, then maybe his party is onto something, but its been growing at a rate of knots ever since the Rochdale by election made such widespread news, the scale of Galloway’s win sent shockwaves, has people sitting up thinking hang on a sec, is this worth looking at and indeed many seem to not only have done that, but put themselves forward as candidates too. Galloway made mention of cricketer Monty Panasar standing for parliament for the workers party, others include former UK ambassador Craig Murray, but there are also former UKIP candidates standing for the party too. Where Galloway identifies as being on the left and certainly when he is saying his party won’t stand against the likes of Jeremy Corbyn or Diane Abbott of Claudia Webbe if they stand as independents and would support them, candidates from the right, some of whom have apparently said some truly reprehensible stuff, being welcomed reminds us that Galloway has mixed with people on that side of politics previously before, the likes of Steve Bannon for instance, if the GMB presenters really wanted to ask something relevant rather than just echo the words of Rishi Sunak they might have pushed him on Bannon rather than Nick Griffin. Galloway is no Corbyn, not just in terms of political interview conduct, but in his associations as well.
However Galloway is in a position that could be stronger than that of Corbyn. Where Corbyn was constantly at war with his own parliamentary party who hated him, Galloway doesn’t have that to worry about. Equally, he doesn’t need the mainstream media to push his talking points because he has his own Mother Of All Talkshows as it’s called, Moats TV which is regularly clipped and put on social media, allowing him to push back on anything at any time as and when he feels like it.
The more the media treats him like Corbyn though, dubious candidates, policy still to come and be looked at of course as well put aside for a moment, the more people will view him as that possible new Corbyn figure in a political climate where people are becoming more and more desperate for change. He could be it, I still have reservations, I think for me it’ll have to be a case of waiting and seeing for a bit longer and indeed with local elections this week and workers party candidates standing all over, how well they do, will give an indication of how widely they are cutting through, so Thursday’s election results become more and more interesting to see.
Right now though, if mainstream media hosts want to keep doing to Galloway what Good Morning Britain did, then he’s going to keep on reaping the rewards I think, especially in light of this interview having relied so much on what Rishi Sunak said about Galloway on the steps of Downing Street when Galloway himself had so much more to say to Sunak to his face in parliament and I’ll hopefully catch you on the next vid. Cheers folks.