I was very interested in the Bethnal Green and Bow election, with the certifiably fascist/insane candidate George Galloway. While Labour?s victory is good news, Galloway’s election is very bad news. Of his victory, Galloway?s supporters said:

“For a while, I shall be rubbing the faces of Nick Cohen, Johann Hari, David “I give them a year” Aaronovitch and Harry’s Place in the sh*t. Smell it, you f**kers, and feel this hate.

That quote is thanks to Norm, who said “Such is now the public language of someone appealing to, and purporting to speak for, the lineage of Marxian socialism – recalling nothing so much as the spirit of Vishinsky. All play-play? Mere words on a blog? Public language, especially when there is sharp division, especially in light of the bloody history of what has already been done in the name of socialism, has higher responsibilities. And it is never innocent of the darker dreams of those who abandon all verbal restraint.”

A group of Bethnal Green youths pelted Galloway’s opponent, Oona King, she attended a memorial to Jewish war dead. According to Harry’s Place,

“Police were called to the scene but arrived after the memorial was finished. Clive Bettington, who was one of the organisers of the memorial, said: “The police aren’t interested about what goes on in this area. Christians and

Jews are regularly attacked. It’s an outrage. “This is something which the Government has to address.””

It is important to pay attention to the activities of Galloway and his supporters.

I wondered the same thing myself. Chirac might be stuffing something other than his pants, like ballot boxes.

You would never know Blair won this thing the press is so busy running him down.

never mind if it was the first time Labor ever won a third term.

Perhaps Norm wishes that there was more comment on American blog sites. I don’t know what to say, really: the usual pro-war sites noted Blair’s success, as they did Howard’s in Austrailia. How much more is there for a non-Brit to do?

I see that in Galloway the UK has it’s own David Duke.

Does anyone know how William Hague is on the issues? I used to love watching him on C-Span against Blair. It was so highly entertaining. But I didn’t follow his opinions on issues at the time so closely, since it was before the internet bonanza and news of the opposition in British politics more sparse.

Are there any other decent, likeable choices?

Galloway is a disgrace, for about a million reasons. Odious is a good word to describe him.

I don’t really feel qualified to make a judgment about the British election. On one hand I appreciated Blair’s political courage when it came to Iraq, but at the same time I have my misgivings about the EU.

I felt kinda sorry for the Tory Howard. I think he felt like he let his party down.

But I know there are a lot of problems with immigration and things like that and I have heard some spooky things about London not looking like England anymore.

I guess that Americans are used to everyone watching our election but we don’t really watch theirs. Unless it is Iraq. Maybe we should pay more attention but we just don’t.

I think Mark Steyn is right about most things including the referendum in France. I was just amazed to hear the French might vote no.