The Campaign of Demonisation
Against George Galloway Constitutes
Incitement
By John Wight
February 06, 2015 "ICH"
- The latest edition of
BBC Question Time from Finchley in north
London was a low point for the flagship
show. The treatment meted out to Respect MP
George Galloway was a disgrace, made more so
by the fact his car was attacked as he was
leaving the venue, despite a police presence
outside.
The ugly
events witnessed by millions began in the
weeks leading up, as soon as his appearance
on the panel in Finchley was announced. An
orchestrated campaign of intimidation and
provocation was waged through the media,
designed to intimidate both him and the BBC.
But as George said, the idea that someone
who has been an MP on a near uninterrupted
basis since 1987 should be prevented from
speaking or appearing in any constituency in
the country is an attack on democracy. The
Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders
Green, Mike Freer, played a key part in
instigating this media campaign, which given
that the Respect MP was physically assaulted
in the street just a few months ago by a
fanatic wearing an IDF t-shirt, is surely
grounds for Mr Freer to be held to account.
During the show, the
question directed at Galloway re the rise of
antisemitism in the UK should have been
censored. It straddled the line of
defamation, not to mention taste, and
brought the BBC into disrepute. It was an
organised attack, involving an audience in
which an array of hate mongers were given
free rein. Even the gentleman who reminded
the audience of Galloway’s past record in
correcting antisemitism when it arised on
his Press TV show Comment, went on to assert
that antisemitism was directly related to
the number of Muslims living in Europe.
Jonathan Freedland of the
Guardian’s statement, “the resumption of
violence in Gaza”, during his attack on
George was a studied and cowardly attempt to
minimise one of the most barbaric military
operations against a civilian population the
world has witnessed. That he could not bring
himself to acknowledge this, when we
consider the 500 Palestinian children who
were slaughtered during this massacre, was
suggestive of a man who has had his humanity
surgically removed.
The free speech
‘merchants’, those who were so up in arms
over matters related to the massacre at the
offices of Charlie Hebdo, who use free
speech as a sword rather than a shield,
would like nothing more than to silence one
of the only voices in the country’s national
life who dares challenge the demonisation of
Muslims and the Muslim community,
establishment support for the apartheid
state of Israel, and a political status of
quo of military intervention overseas and
social and economic injustice at home.
That George is a
polarising figure is beyond doubt. But the
reason they hate him because he knows them,
knows what they are and consistently and
tirelessly exposes their hypocrisy and
double standards. Consequently, it would be
a huge reverse if he fails to get re-elected
as the MP for Bradford West in May.
Fortunately, though, given the disgraceful
lynch-mob-audience on Question Time, and the
orchestrated campaign of incitement we have
seen rolled out against him, his re-election
is now more likely than ever.
Someone tweeted last night
after the show ‘Je Suis George Galloway’. It
is hard to argue with that sentiment after
the attempted political and public lynching
of the Respect MP on Question Time.
This
clip taken from Question
Time in Finchley – 05/02/2015
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