[Livia]

Originally Posted by MTVN

That may be but still 12,000 people came out and voted for Galloway. There were 11 candidates there and he got nearly 40% of the vote on a fairly standard turnout for a by election. That's for a candidate who makes a big point of sticking two fingers up to the main parties so it's not a result to be ignored.

I for one welcome Mr Galloways return to Westminster. A one off politician and you don't get many like him these days. You look at most politicians today and most of them are almost clones of each other. There'll be numerous other Rishi Sunaks or Keir Starmers in British politics over the next 50 years but there won't be any more George Galloways. Arista appreciates this I feel.

Then there's all the postal votes that came from, for instance, one bedroom flats with 8 people registered to vote there. And the incidents of intimidation to other candidates, their staff and families and at polling stations. And to think we oversee elections in other countries. It's a sad indictment of the Electoral Commission and of the terrible apathy of the electorate in general. The only saving grace for me is that there will be general election this year. Let's hope we wake up before then.