QUENTIN LETTS: Speaking without notes, it seemed Galloway might give us the full Castro (who used to talk for four hours) By Quentin Letts Published: 17:32 EDT, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments To Manchester's Gay Village for the manifesto launch of the Workers Party of Great Britain. Few of George Galloway's Lancashire mosque elders ventured into such a decadent part of town. Silly old them.
They missed a cracker. Mr Galloway, the party's supreme leader, made a trenchant, note-free speech of such effortless breadth that it seemed we might be in for a full Fidel ( Cuba 's late president Castro could talk for four-and-a-half hours). Discussion ranged from military war, which we were told to expect by December if Sir Keir Starmer became PM, to various references to backsides.
We also heard demands for a referendum on the 'Ruritanian' monarchy, with Mr Galloway backing Princess Anne to be the country's first president. Mr Galloway, the party's supreme leader, made a trenchant, note-free speech of such effortless breadth that it seemed we might be in for a full Fidel ( Cuba 's late president Castro could talk for four-and-a-half hours) Discussion ranged from military war, which we were told to expect by December if Sir Keir Starmer became PM, to various references to backsides A man films on a mobile phone as Leader of the Workers Party of Britain George Galloway speaks during his party's manifesto launch at the Voco hotel Having met the prince.
