idea that young women looking to join
Islamic State a brainwashed or groom is
wrong and could be dangerous now George
Galloway has this evening announced his
intention to run for mayor of London in
2016 the former East London MP declared
himself a candidate earlier today on
social media and he's encouraged
supporters to get in touch to help the
campaign and I'm glad to say that George
Galloway joins us now good evening to
you good evening to you thank you so
much for talking to us why are you
running George well I think that London
deserves better than the field that's
already running a kind of donkey Derby
uh of unimpressive candidates and I
think that the track record in the
London meraly first Ken Livingston then
Boris Johnson shows that people want an
independent-minded mayor they want
someone who's not a creature of the
party machines they want someone who's
more than a speak gear weight machine
for the Westminster mainstream the three
cheeks of the same backside that I
usually talk about I think that they're
looking for someone who will stand up
for ordinary londoners for the
marginalized communities that have been
ignored by the mainstream of the British
political system and I think uh I might
do quite well and judging by the
reaction of my enemies on social media
they're obviously worried about that too
well I think you know you'll always get
a reaction George that's something that
you've done what about those who say uh
you're a divisive figure who's been
rejected already in London and you've
been rejected in Bradford and why have
you turned up here now what makes you
think London Wants You Well of course
we'll discover that in the course of the
next uh 12 months and more and we'll
Discover
it most of all on polling day so those
that say that shouldn't be worried if
they're confident I'm going to lose then
they have nothing to worry about the
problem is they're not confident that I
will lose
labor the labor party in particular
knows that there are huge sedes of
London disillusioned over the last
decade and more with the new Labor uh
milk soop politics and that when someone
offers them real labor red meat they
might go for it so what did your
experience your previous experience
which I imagine must have been a
chastening one in Beth m green and Bo
teach you well I I I think you've got
your facts wrong if you'll forgive me
saying so uh I stood in Beth m green and
B only once and I declared that the
beginning of my term that I would stand
there only once so uh the evening
standard should not be relied upon when
it says I was defeated by rushanara Ali
MP I never was I never stood against her
okay well you were defeated in Bradford
sir I was I've tasted uh defeat as well
as great uh victories and we'll see what
happens now what do you think what do
you think the number one issue is in
London housing undoubtedly the grotesque
spectacle of hundreds of thousands of
properties being pushed out of the reach
of ordinary londoners including
essential workers who have to work in
London but travel uh all the hours that
God sends in order to get to and from
work the complete lack of social Housing
Council house building in the almost in
the single figure I don't think a
politician that I've spoken to in the
last decade who hasn't been able to
identify it as a problem and I'm really
happy that you have been I tell you what
we haven't had is you know a scheme a
policy an idea to deal with it and
what's yours you'll have uh uh plenty
you'll have sled loads of policies give
us a few from me well I'm about to uh
bring forward the manifesto for London
so you'll forgive me if I save that for
that occasion I'll be speaking up for
the people who've been ignored and
marginalized in London and I think that
your listeners know that I have a track
record on that but let me give you let
me give you one let me give you one
thing uh that I have just tweeted I will
seek to subsume the city of London
Police in a New London Police Force the
city of London Police can catch a
pickpocket in Liverpool Street Station
but they appear to have been oblivious
to the Grand larsy that was going on in
the city of London whose police force
they were supposed to be so there's
something for you a bit of red meet uh
it will be controversial but it's one of
the things that I'm going to seek to do
if I'm elected as mayor and just F
finally George is it respect that you're
running as a candidate for respect yes
we're running a a slate for the London
assembly in the constituencies and on
the list and we hope to establish a good
foothold in that London assembly which
is largely entirely Unknown by londers
but picking up lots of wages and
expenses for doing very little I look
forward to uh uh talking to you greater
dep in Greater depth at greater length
uh in the next year or so that's George
Galloway who has today announced his
intention to run as a candidate for
London mayor the donkey Derby I think he
called it in terms of the candidates uh
who have been announced so far get your
thoughts on gorgeous georgees is often
referred to as in a little while the
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