George Galloway
Posted on: Monday, January 9th, 2006 at 10:29 PMI do not wish to enter into political blogging. It is boring and there are better bloggers out there who comment wonderfully. However watching George Galloway on Celebrity Big Brother does slightly annoy me. How is he representing his constituents? Or, is a stint on reality television the best way to encourage voting in real life issues instead of evictions?
He is not a celebrity. He was voted to represent the people, not for entering reality TV. Who is representing the constituents during his televisual holiday?
Well it seems that his electorate are not happy bunnies and I don’t blame them at all:
Why Isnt he at work?
How many people are going to take him seriously? The majority of Big Brother viewers are simply not interested in real life issues when they watch escapist TV. If they wish to learn about politics then they would be watching a political TV show. Simple as that.
It angers me because we have a guy here who is passionate in his ideology. If I watched BB, I wouldn’t be interested in hearing about an MP’s views.
Of course his supporters defend his move into reality TV.
I do feel that any MP who is passionate in what they stand for, lose respect and tarnishes those beliefs if they start craving media attention for themselves, and not for how they wish to be a force for change to help society.
However, it is debatable if politicians actually help society…
January 11th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
I know what you mean about George Galloway, but one thing that has to be said for him is that he knows how to defend
himself from anything kind of personal or political attack.
Did you see him when the US Senate was questioning him? He left them cowering behind their podiums, it was quality. He
merely pointed out the inadequacy of their investigation, fabulous. You can’t deny that he is very intelligent and he
knows how to self-publicise. How else could you explain him winning an MP seat in London when he resides in Scotland?
There is a chance that someone seeing him in Big Brother may be curious as to what politics is all about, and if he can get
one person interested then it would have been worthwhile.
Having said that, I don’t think George Galloway is in there for something as altruistic as attempting to educate the masses.
January 11th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Yes, he was absolutely brilliant against the US Senate. That was perhaps the finest political performance from any MP ever.