George Galloway to stand in Holyrood election
The Workers Party has its eye on some rather high profile central belt seats, held by two former SNP first ministers. Ridley will also contest the Glasgow Pollok constituency seat – currently held by the outgoing Humza Yousaf – while Galloway told the Herald that his group also intends to target Glasgow Southside, which is the seat of one Nicola Sturgeon. 'Gorgeous George' claimed his movement was picking up support in Glasgow – 'We're hopeful that we can win in it,' he told the Scottish paper, 'We're going to put everything into trying to do so.' – with Edinburgh and Inverness also in his sights.
Galloway has had quite the political journey, starting out in Labour until the early 2000s before going on to lead the Respect party and, in 2019, founding the Workers Party of Britain. His group will also focus heavily on the war in Gaza – a feature of his 2024 campaign that won him the Rochdale seat. Curiously, despite the name of the group he leads and his well-documented opposition to secession, Galloway will stand on a platform in favour of, er, a second Scottish independence referendum. The lengths people will go for power, eh?
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