Dont like saying it but just down the road at Goole, the Tory MP Piercy is in the local papers every week because he puts his name to every cause going., where our lot in Donny are never to be seen , except getting mulled over at PMQS

She lives, when it suits, on New Lane, Sprotbrough behind a massive hedge.

I have passed her house regularly and I still have a pint in the Ivanhoe regularly. I have been in the Country Club at the end of her road a few times.

I have never seen her around the village.



I have seen her on the TV many times.

I have not liked what I have seen.



A self-serving, opportunist.

No, not me.





Are you from near Sprotbrough?

I live in Tickhill.

Sadly agree with most of that assessment.

Cooper seemed to show some potential when she first came on the scene but that now seems to have dissipated.



Just admit you disagreed with the Iraqi war when Georgie boy asked the question Yvette?

We all know she really wanted too.

As with most politicians, Ms Cooper has to toe the party line, which is unfortunately Miliband's party line.

Galloway, however, doesn't have that restriction and can wander wherever he likes in terms of policy-on-the-hoof, knowing that he will never have to put any of it into action. His sole purpose is as an irritant. Which is fine as far as it goes.

Yup. A fine definition of why our elected representatives credibility is at an all time low.

The Lib-Dem chappie came out of the programme quite well.

Basically admitting that they have shafted themselves, and he's the party chairman, isn't he?

This is typically sloppy criticism of Galloway. Whether you like his policy or not there is no way it can be described as 'on the hoof'. Right or wrong, he is at least very consistent.

I had to smirk when Mrs Balls said she agreed with the ongoing campaign in Afghanistan.

By not being able to say the same about the Iraqi conflict she basically answered Galloways question.



You are correct that it's a lot easier for GG.

He never agreed with it so it's not too difficult for him.



Apparently that's opportunism to some.

That one never worked for the Nuremberg defendants.



Galloway - 'Well just admit the killing of a million people was wrong'?



A deafening silence.

I think the accusation of opportunism isn't linked to his opposition of the war in Iraq but whether he hangs his coat on some cause in an opportunistic way. He can be as consistent as he likes on that but it is whether or not you believe he is sincere about the causes he claims to support.



If he was a good MP he'd have kept the Bethnal Green seat which he didn't.

Your last but one Labour Prime Minister must have taught him all he knows.

1. Galloway gave away a cushy career in the Labour Party because he stuck by his principles. He fought to stay in the LP but lost and was expelled. As the LP's campaign manager he was guaranteed a safe seat wherever he wanted. His decision to risk his political career and reputation was a massive risk...quite the opposite of opportunist.



2. He didn't lose his seat in Bethnal. He chose not to contest it, preferring (wrongly as it turns out) to try and expand his base into neighbouring Poplar & Limehouse.

In any case it's simply not true that 'good' MPs don't always keep their seats, and it's certainly true that some pretty rotten ones stay in for decades.



It is simply ridiculous to assert that Galloway's unbending adherence to causes that he has championed for decades, both in and out of the Labour Party can be construed as either insincere or opportunistic.

Yes, sloppy is right, it wasn't "on the hoof" about policy at all.

What I meant was that he only has to toe his own line so he has much more freedom of expression.

True, but he had to follow the courage of his convictions and risk his career to earn that right.



The sad shame is that there aren't more principled and outspoken politicians in the mainstream parties. They all toe the party line over war and austerity. None of them therefore have anything to say other than following the leadership governed concensus.



It is this sad indictment of the major parties that, IMO, led to the mass disillusionment that allowed Galloway to win so easily...even in predominantly white middle-class wards in Bradford.