- Mr. Galloway -
Canada has denied entry to a sitting British MP. That might be unprecedented.
Now if it was going to be anyone, it was going to be George Galloway (although there’s a few chaps in the House of Lords with pretty dodgy stuff in their backgrounds). Galloway’s BFFs with some of the more unsightly folks on this planet.
Nevertheless, is he really the worst clod we’ve let in? He’s not even moving in, he just wants to go and address some like minded people about his objections to the war in Afghanistan. Denying him entry sends all the wrong messages about Canada and where we stand. Why should we bar people from visiting because they express contrary opinion? Now I’m aware that he’s accused of funding terrorists…but when it comes in the form of ambulances delivered to Palestine…does this count? We give money to all sorts of regimes in Africa knowing full well that piles of it are being misused. Now there could be something more that is not public knowledge that the government can’t or won’t say about Galloway and why they’re not letting him in. I hope there is, because Galloway needs to challenged, mocked, belittled, embarrassed and argued with – but not shut out of the country.
