Loading ...Galloway says he will rally for the Palestinian cause as London mayor
GEORGE GALLOWAY has said he will use his position to rally support for the Palestinian cause if he succeeds in his campaign to become mayor of London.
The Respect Party leader said he would not call for the city to be an “Israel-free zone” as he did in Bradford when he was an MP there.
But he said that he would use the mayoralty to promote his “moral position” on the conflict in the Middle East.
“The mayor is not the pope and the mayor is not the president and he is not the prime minister or the foreign secretary,” he told the BBC1 Sunday Politics programme.
“Of course, it’s unimplementable. It is a moral position and my moral position on Palestine is well known.
“It would certainly be my aim to encourage the huge swell of pro-Palestinian support in London. Palestine has more supporters in London than anywhere else in the country.”
The maverick left winger announced that he would be standing in next year’s mayoral election after he lost his Bradford West parliamentary seat to Labour in last month’s general election.
He said that the party which he used to represent before he was expelled over his outspoken attacks on Tony Blair was now worried his candidacy could ruin its chances of taking back the mayoralty from the Conservatives.
Source: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk