George galloway Big Brother

dathi1

The mother of all....what??/

Is he still an MP at that Betham Booth place?

edanto

I didn't see any of the show - tbh it'd actually make me interested to watch it some night knowing that he was gonna be talking. Well spoken bloke generally.

What happenned on BB so far with Galloway? How do you think he came across?

casanova_kid

edanto wrote:

I didn't see any of the show - tbh it'd actually make me interested to watch it some night knowing that he was gonna be talking. Well spoken bloke generally.

What happenned on BB so far with Galloway? How do you think he came across?

Half of him didn't now he was, can't wait for a Jody Marsh-Goerge Galloway conversation, maybe they'll get it on.

edanto

half of him didn't now he was

You think he came across a bit dozey? Can you elaborate a bit please?

And who the hell is Jody Marsh? (welcome to politics )

bug

Im still in shock.

God knows maybe its a publicity stunt, or appealing to the younger reality tv/mtv generation etc?

But yeah Im still in shock. :eek: :eek: :eek:

whiskeyman

dathi1 wrote:

Is he still an MP at that Betham Booth place?

Yup - he's MP for Bethnal Green and Bow , under his "Respect" party.
I wonder how his constituents feel about this.... he's not exactly going to be contactable, is he?

This says a lot about the man tbh.... looking for a cheap shot at publicity.
I had some respect for him taking on the Senate... this has blown everything IMO.

casanova_kid

edanto wrote:

You think he came across a bit dozey? Can you elaborate a bit please?

And who the hell is Jody Marsh? (welcome to politics )

Sorry just went for a jog and christmas excesses have taken their toll so i'm sorta knackered and reading the words wrong.
Half the people in the house didn't know who he was and Jody Marsh is a slapper(i don't know how else to describe her 'profession'.)

edanto

Small party, probably wouldn't have access to the same funds as the blues, the reds and the yellows; so maybe he thinks it's a good platform to get his message across?

Bit of a risk.

whiskeyman wrote:

I had some respect for him taking on the Senate... this has blown everything IMO.

Guess that depends what he says and does. Yeah, sure if he ends up in a 3 way chocolate sauce and titty fest in the jacuzzi, he'll probably need a new job.

mike65

Geoge Galloway has never knowingly turned down a chance to dominate an appearance on TV, it could get ugly!

Mike.

whiskeyman

mike65 wrote:

Geoge Galloway has never knowingly turned down a chance to dominate an appearance on TV, it could get ugly!

Mike.

I'd say he'll probably be first out.... he's going to take the opportunity and over-abuse it.
The public will just get sick of his "stop the war" lark and vote him off.

Would have loved to see Boris Johnson on it

Chong

Georgie FTW.

A Dub in Glasgo

whiskeyman wrote:

This says a lot about the man tbh.... looking for a cheap shot at publicity.
I had some respect for him taking on the Senate... this has blown everything IMO.

You equate this appearance in BB (all 15 minutes of it) as meaning more than his demolition job in front of the US senate :eek:


a strange decision by GG

BuffyBot

Shouldn't he have parliamentary work to be doing?

What with a thread on the West wing here and one now on Big Brother,we might need a forum name change

That said-He's there for the platform and to voice his opinions and to make us all see how lovable he is.
The problem for him though I think is, that I dont really see anyone in the house that will oppose much of his opinions on the War and GWB etc.
Though there are two americans in there.

A Dub in Glasgo

BuffyBot wrote:

Shouldn't he have parliamentary work to be doing?

Probably.....

Maybe they stilkl are on holidays for the Christmas & New Year break

mike65

UK parliment is back on Monday I think.

Mike.

flogen

what??!!
This is pretty rediculous. Galloway is a great speaker, he's proven himself time and again (including in the US against the Senate commission).
It's sad to see anyone with potential on a show like big brother, but when it's a politician it raises serious questions. Imagine Pat Rabbitte on a show like this, his constituants have a right to ask where his interests lie

BuffyBot

Though there are two americans in there.

One a cross-dressing bisexual who would seem an unlikely Bush supporter, the other..well she was on Baywatch. Don't think political debating skills will be high up on her CV

Meh

Even by Galloway's standards, this is a new low.

BuffyBot

BuffyBot wrote:

the other..well she was on Baywatch. Don't think political debating skills will be high up on her CV

Actually she went to Harvard.

I heard Galloway last night say to the Former US basketball player Dennis Rodman that his reason for coming on the show was to get his message across on Iraq.
Yer man wasnt interested in talking to him at all - even when he was asking him questions, he got one word or no answer.
Galloways conversation opener was "oh you're from New York? I took part in a debate in a presbyterian church there on Iraq"
Dennis didnt reply and continued to look at Jodie marsh's áss
I cant say I blame him.

Hobbes

Heres the full list.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4586790.stm

TBH dont' know half of them. Would be intresting to see if George gets all political but E4 will just bleep him out.

Pete Burns looks freaky.

Sparks

I guess it was just a matter of time with people constantly complaining that more people voted in Big Brother than in the real elections...

Dave!

Hah, I love George -- this may force me to watch some Big Brother

Yep this is gonna be a nice platform for him to spread his message and get a bit of publicity methinks. As he was going into the house, he had his hands in the air doing the "peace" sign, saying "stop the war!"

I think that's indicative of what his stay in the house will be like

Should be interesting anyway... Gorgeous George is always entertaining, that's for sure!

BTW, anyone see the clip before he went into the house, of him being carried off from somewhere, by 4 police officers, and the press were behind him with mics? What was that about?

whiskeyman

DaveMcG wrote:

BTW, anyone see the clip before he went into the house, of him being carried off from somewhere, by 4 police officers, and the press were behind him with mics? What was that about?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1169600.stm

Politicians and church ministers were among 379 people arrested during a protest at the home of Britain's Trident nuclear submarine fleet.
Labour MP George Galloway, Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan and Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas were arrested during the demonstration at Faslane.

mike65

I'm looking foward to Gallowey explaining the geo-political ramifications of Iraq to Marsh...

Mike.

Sponge Bob

mike65 wrote:

I'm looking foward to Gallowey explaining the geo-political ramifications

Ramifications (sic) should come naturally to George !

mike65

Groan!

Mike.

Dave!

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=168244742&p=y68z45448

BuffyBot

“I think his critics are only disappointed that they did not think of it first.”

:rolleyes:: That must be it..

Victor

Earthman wrote:

What with a thread on the West wing here and one now on Big Brother,we might need a forum name change

Yeah and Sharon whats-her-name had a heart attack.

Jody Marsh is a model / celebrity who could make it in politics, if only readers of "The Sun" voted more.

/nods to Sir Humphrey. /brings thread back on-topic.

BuffyBot

It seems this desicion to go into the house isn't that popular with some of his constituents!

ronbyrne2005

jodie marsh is supposed to be intelligent enough by "do anything to get yer tits in the paper" standards,she has gcse's a -levels etc which i dont understand being irish.
im sick of galloway,i agree with a lot of what he says but i think he's out for himself at the end of the day. i dont think his appearance in washington was that good,the senators knew what he was gonna be like and tht he is a great orator but they just let him waffle,he was off topic for long periods and achieved little except excite the anti war brigade and the lefties in the media this side of the atlantic(im anti all war myself ).i still think he has skeletons in his closet.

Cork

Hobbes wrote:

TBH dont' know half of them. Would be intresting to see if George gets all political but E4 will just bleep him out.

Pete Burns looks freaky.

George will soon realise that this is an entertainment programme.

It is not a political programme.

Maybe the Anti War people will vote for the guy.

A Dub in Glasgo

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

jodie marsh is supposed to be intelligent enough by "do anything to get yer tits in the paper" standards,she has gcse's a -levels etc which i dont understand being irish.

A Levels

GCSE

but i think he's out for himself at the end of the day.

Most people are

i dont think his appearance in washington was that good,the senators knew what he was gonna be like and tht he is a great orator but they just let him waffle,he was off topic for long periods and achieved little except excite the anti war brigade and the lefties in the media this side of the atlantic(im anti all war myself ).

You must have been watching a different performance to the one I seen. His performance at the Senate was excellent.

i still think he has skeletons in his closet.

Most people have

A Dub in Glasgo

BuffyBot wrote:

It seems this desicion to go into the house isn't that popular with some of his constituents!

He wasn't popular with some of his constituents before he went onto BB

whiskeyman

Get back to work George!!

therecklessone

Cork wrote:

George will soon realise that this is an entertainment programme.

It is not a political programme.

I'll hazard a guess that George was aware of that, or at least had an adviser who was aware, before he went in the house.

I loved his comment last night about Dennis Rodman thinking he was the most famous in the house..."I was going to say I'm the most famous, I'm known by 1.5 billion muslims"...yeah George, keep telling yourself that...:D

billy the squid

hes up for eviction on Friday. although he did not get the most votes.
http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/nominations/

Freelancer

A dub in Glasgo wrote:

Most people are

A politican is supposed to at least give the pretense of working for others.