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Originally Posted by Xaccers
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"committee" was a group picked by the leadership which sounds much more like a "kangaroo court".
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No, that sounds like an *opinion*.
Had I said "He was stitched up by a kangaroo court picked by the leadership to ensure he didn't get a fair hearing", *that* would be a serious accusation.
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As for resigning, he could have stood down as an mp in disgust if he really felt that strongly.
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And thus give the Labour leadership a victory on a platter. Hmm...
"I went to bed and had another long, dark night of the soul. For 20 minutes I questioned why I was staying in politics and leaving myself so wide open.
"I thought I'm almost 50 now, I can make a good living with my pen. I've got children and grandchildren. I could be doing other things instead of having to fight every hour of every day.
"And then I started to get calls of support from friends and realised if I gave in it would be a victory for the worst **** elements on the international scene and in the British Press. I'm coming out fighting again because I won't let the *******s win."
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Talking of him, did he actually sue the papers over the document found suggesting he'd received large sums of money from Iraq?
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"Galloway says the allegation is based on the same documents he has already proved in court to be false, earning him £250,00 0 libel damages from an American magazine, and over which he is suing the Daily Telegraph."
Both quotes from:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews...name_page.html