What, no cash?
The dwindling band of George Galloway fans were pretty excited by his announcement on 17 January that he would be standing for the position of Rector of Edinburgh University.
That is a very good press release. Good on Galloway chirped ‘Anticapitalista’ in the comments box of the Socialist Unity blog.
Does he ever rest! asks Andy Newman, the proprietor.
Hope he wins, it will really piss off the neo cons! exclaims Green Socialist.
Sadly, today brings news that the not normally publicity shy Comrade Galloway has decided to drop out of the race for the post.
But why?
“Anyone who knows me, knows that I don’t do anything half-heartedly and I really wouldn’t have been able to spend the time I would have wanted in Edinburgh,” said Galloway.
Maybe, comrade, maybe.
Or perhaps, there’s another reason…
The rectorship is an unpaid post with a period of office of three years.
George clearly isn’t as gullible as some of his followers.
Comments
| 7 February 2009, 9:17 pm |
George took a few soundings and realised he was being laughed at and had no chance of winning.
Its becoming a bit of a pattern.
Heres another nonsense story.
I suspect its a all a preamble to him pulling out of standing at the next election.
| 7 February 2009, 9:39 pm |
“Anyone who knows me, knows that I don’t do anything half-heartedly and I really wouldn’t have been able to spend the time I would have wanted in Edinburgh”
It must be all the work he puts in at Westminster.
| 7 February 2009, 9:59 pm |
Good. His selection for position of rector would have made a laughing stock of this, or any other, university.
| 7 February 2009, 10:19 pm |
Perhaps he mistook the position of “rector” with that of “rectum”?
| 7 February 2009, 10:58 pm |
He was nobbled by dirty tricks from the Je… oops, Zionist Neocon lobby.
| 7 February 2009, 10:58 pm |
O Graham, the late-and-greatly-missed Peter Ustinov made the lame joke about rector and rectum; when he was rector at St. Andrews he received a missive addressed to the ‘Lord Rectum’ and mentioned the fact incessantly.
Looking at Gorgeous George’s parliamentary activities, he ain’t that bad really. He was never an apologist for the I.R.A., unlike a couple of MPs who can be named.
As a casual watcher-voyeur of Press TV, I’d like George to have his very own TV channel; and I’d like the BNP to have a channel, too.
Comment?
| 7 February 2009, 10:59 pm |
Did anyone see Galloway interview Dicky Seymour on de-Press TV about his book “Liberal Defence of Murmur”?
| 7 February 2009, 10:59 pm |
Katy et al: how do you create a link with a phrase that is not the URL?
Thanks.
| 7 February 2009, 11:04 pm |
Tim,
I do wish he would stand against Martin. We’d have 2 useless jokes contesting the same seat … should be hilarious.
| 7 February 2009, 11:14 pm |
Martin will stand down at the next election.
It was just self publicity by Galloway.
| 7 February 2009, 11:28 pm |
I’m disappointed, I was hoping to see him get humiliated by the vote. Then again, the thick students may well have voted him in
| 7 February 2009, 11:53 pm |
Lol………Fucking hilarious.
Maybe because the university was reluctant to give publicity to the Miriam appeal during the oil for food scam raised the gorgeous ones ire.
| 8 February 2009, 12:08 am |
Keep an eye out for the disappearing accounts?
| 8 February 2009, 12:11 am |
“Perhaps he mistook the position of “rector” with that of “rectum”?
No – Ron Davies, the hero of Clapham Common and the Public Conveniences at Tog Hill has announced he is standing as an “independant” member for Wales in the EU elections next June.
Or as is said locally in Caerphilly and Bargoed ” I will be buggered if I vote for Davies!
| 8 February 2009, 12:13 am |
Galloway, Ahmed and Kaufmann – trifecta of radical idiocy at Pakistan’s High Commission in London this week, for “Kashmir Solidarity Day” no less.
Any jihad will do.
He said he was looking forward to a new era to re-raise the banner of Kashmir in the British public life.
“The coming years will see renaissance in Kashmir issue in UK and there will be renewed efforts to see Kashmir get justice and their legitimate rights.”
Galloway who is leading London to Gaza convoy next week to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, said both the people of Kashmir and Palestine face similar problems.
Tremble, India, before the mighty George and Co.
| 8 February 2009, 12:25 am |
Kashmir and Galloway.
Disappearing accounts.
| 8 February 2009, 12:26 am |
efforts to see Kashmir get justice
does George have an innovative diplomatic solution for this notoriously intractable issue as well then?
| 8 February 2009, 12:55 am |
| 8 February 2009, 12:56 am |
… the first chevron bracket!
| 8 February 2009, 1:21 am |
Nearly Oxfordian,
To go along with Mark T’s link, here’s a neat little video showing you how to do it.
| 8 February 2009, 4:45 am |
Seeing the immediate mirth coupled with distaste that any mention of George Galloway causes to most people, I would wonder that the voters of Bethnall Green are not somewhat wondering if George is making a laughing stock of them too.
| 8 February 2009, 6:26 am |
Good point about Galloway’s ‘well below average’ performance in the day job Katy. I’ve edited the post to link to his dismal Westminster voting and attendance record.
| 8 February 2009, 9:16 am |
Mark T and Boogski – thanks!
Now I am going to spend hours and hours on those sites … ;-)
| 8 February 2009, 6:44 pm |
I posted a comment earlier on ‘Socialist Unity’ pointing out that Galloway pulled out of the election, and also on the folly of relying on Gorgeous’ word after the Christopher Dreyfus fiasco.
For some reason, my comment got deleted.
I can’t help noticing that out of three blogs – this one, ‘Socialist Unity’ and the one run by that twat Seymour – this is the only place where freedom of speech (at least in the virtual/cyber sense) is actually practiced.
| 8 February 2009, 6:45 pm |
I should add here that my moniker is intended to be ironic.
| 8 February 2009, 8:27 pm |
For some reason, my comment got deleted
Inexplicable, innit?
| 8 February 2009, 8:41 pm |
AUS EINEM AUSLAGEBETRAG 10 000 EURO SEIEN BINNEN 30 JAHREN SO 92 441 EURO
GEWORDEN
von Raivo Pommer
Noch höhere Verluste verzeichneten Fonds mit Schwerpunkt Europa (minus 44,9 Prozent), teilt der Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management (BVI) in Frankfurt mit. Dagegen haben sich Offene Immobilienfonds den Angaben nach in der Finanzkrise solide gezeigt: Sie erwirtschafteten im vergangenen Jahr im Durchschnitt einen Gewinn von 4,7 Prozent. Euro-Rentenfonds legten um durchschnittlich 3,7 Prozent zu. Rentenfonds mit internationalem Schwerpunkt verloren binnen Jahresfrist 0,4 Prozent. Der Statistik liegen die Zahlen zum Ende des vierten Quartals 2008 zugrunde.
Besonders positiv entwickelten sich aufgrund des Wechselkurses zum Euro die Rentenfonds mit dem Anlageschwerpunkt US-Dollar: Sie erwirtschafteten nach Angaben des BVI eine Rendite von 6,3 Prozent. Auf lange Sicht sind auch Aktienfonds weiter im Plus: So legten Aktienfonds mit Anlageschwerpunkt Deutschland über 25 Jahre um durchschnittlich 7,4 Prozent, über 30 Jahre gesehen um 7,7 Prozent pro Jahr zu. Aus einem Anlagebetrag von 10 000 Euro seien binnen 30 Jahren so 92 441 Euro geworden.
| 24 February 2009, 10:16 pm |
USA Grosbank IN KRIZE
von Raivo Pommer -Eesti
Die bisher in der Finanzkrise stets profitable US-Großbank J.P. Morgan Chase streicht ihre Dividende drastisch zusammen. Die Quartalsausschüttung werde um fast 90 Prozent auf lediglich noch 0,05 Dollar je Aktie gekürzt, teilte der Konzern mit.
Der Bank blieben so pro Jahr fünf Milliarden Dollar (4 Mrd Euro) mehr in der Kasse. Im laufenden ersten Quartal sieht sich J.P. Morgan weiter in der Gewinnzone. Die Reserven etwa für faule Kredite hätten allerdings nochmals aufgestockt werden müssen, hieß es am Montagabend (Ortszeit) nach US-Börsenschluss in New York. Mit ihren Zahlen sieht sich die Bank derzeit im Rahmen der Analystenerwartungen. Experten gehen bisher von einem Ergebnis je Aktie von 0,35 Dollar aus im Vergleich zu noch 0,68 Dollar ein Jahr zuvor.
He is an ass-clown.