now on Friday the cross party
euroskeptic group Grassroots out held a
rally in Westminster to coincide with
the final day of the European Council
Summit attendees were promised a special
guest speaker but when that was revealed
to be former respect MP and London Marl
candidate George Galloway some people in
the audience were decidedly unamused
Adam Fleming was at the event and spoke
to some of the people who left early why
are you walking out before it's
finished in hearing the last speaker
George Galloway what's wrong with him
why are you leaving it's not finished
yet George Gallow what's wrong with him
I'll never sit uh in a room with a man
like George Galloway I don't want him
anyone Christian
of this torpedo the camp this is torpedo
as far as I'm concerned I'm not staying
to hear George gway how did do you feel
when they said the name George Galloway
I I didn't want to stay I said
immediately to my husband we must go
guys why why you leaving early um I
don't like um what I've just seen on the
stage not not what what happened before
but I think in any form of association
with George Galloway is Holy
inappropriate and I think a lot of
people here feel the same way whichever
side of the argument there
are and George Galloway joins me now
rather conveniently um George Galloway
it seems your unveiling wasn't quite the
Triumph that Grassroots
not for the first time you've misled me
uh by asking me to come in and talk
about the referendum but instead wanting
to talk about me I'm sure we haven't
misled hang on hang on hang on I'm sure
we hav you no I won't hang on if you had
told me that I was coming in that I was
coming in to discuss me I would have
said there are much bigger issues that
the British people are occupied by than
six or however many Vox pops you had
this is going on to the issue as you say
of the referend
let's talk about the
reference I want you to answer this you
want to defend you know what you're
doing here I don't want to defend me at
all you're not my judge you're not fit
to be my judge well thank you very much
all I'm trying to say is are you going
to be a benefit to this campaign if
there are people that are going to walk
out ask me to come in to this studio I
didn't ask you you told me you wanted to
hear my views on the referendum of the
European Union so can we move on to that
please well are you happy to link arms
to use the prime minister's expression
with others that you that you do not
agree with I don't link arms with
anybody
you binary it's a binary Choice you're
in or you're out the last fellow you had
on who said he wouldn't share a platform
with me claimed £40,000 off the taxpayer
to he's horses in a stable right why do
I really want to link arms with him no
but if he can bring any no voters into
the polling booth and if I can bring any
no voters into the polling Booth I hope
that that will be enough so this issue
what we were trying to say about this
whole interview is that this issue as
far as you're concerned is bigger than
people's P Than
People ex you know Tony Blair is for yes
does that mean that anybody uh who's for
yes is associated with Tony Blair it's
such childish discourse right except
that political bedfellows can sometimes
lead people to say are is one being
authentic about the issue if for example
you said about Nigel farage his Aid
smear should disqualify him from any
civilized company henceforth but you're
going to put that aside in order to
campaign for this issue which you think
is bigger it's bigger than all issues it
will affect the lives the future of all
of our people for the rest of time so
what do you say to those people who
obviously don't feel it is bigger than
their personal antipathy towards you
well more fool them I hope they're not
going to vote for the European Union
because they don't like me that would be
a very foolish and childish thing to do
but are you worried that you might be
turning off some people who would like
to support grass you asked me to come
here presumably because you thought I
had something that some people might be
interested to hear yes and we will get
on to it but it is important isn't it if
you're trying when we get on to it we're
almost finished the interview how do you
know might have you on here for another
10 15 minutes I very much that you're
right I'm not going to have you on for a
105 minutes but if you're going to
convince people of an argument they've
got to believe in the big players that
are there stop this please stop this you
misled me into coming in here today and
every question you've asked has been
about me I'm campaigning amongst my 1
million followers on social media on the
radio on the television on platforms on
the streets for Britain to leave for a
series of important reasons to which you
have not yet turned I will get to it if
you would just answer the one question
then but I don't when you ever wanted to
talk about you childish it's so tabloid
it's so daily maill God forbid we should
ever be tabloid here at the BBC are you
and Nigel farage going to be able to
attract and keep enough support for this
campaign that you say is important
enough to override any other personality
or politics I don't know because the
public haven't voted yet but I am
convinced that Britain should leave so
is Boris Johnson for his own reasons so
is Nigel farage for his own reason what
is the overriding reason for you
campaigning because I believe in
democracy I believe that Britain should
control its own events who comes into
our country who can be told to leave our
country what our foreign policy should
be what our Economic Policy should be
should be decided by the British people
in a British Parliament it's not rocket
science have you always held that
position I have always believed that we
should out 1975 I campaign but a lot of
people in the labor party at that time
also campaign what I'm saying now was
Orthodox in the labor party and I cling
to the Views about the EU of Mr Ben but
the last STW for me yes was Greece was
the crushing of democracy in Greece
which told me and not to tell Jeremy
Corbin and John McDonald that if they
attempted to implement the kind of
policies which they believe are
necessary and I agree then they will be
crushed underfoot by the EU bureaucracy
and by the power of the European so you
have returned to the issue of workers
rights which was actually what the basis
of Labor's division in
1975 so are you disappointed that
somebody like Jeremy Corbin isn't
pushing harder to actually look at that
issue well I think that the prime
minister's negotiation was flannel it
was uh smoke and mirrors if Jeremy
Corbin had been going into those
negotiations he would have raised far
more fundamental
issues I know why given the domestic
balance of forces within the British
labor party why Jeremy Corbin has been
frankly hobbled on this question but I'm
clinging to the view I took under the
leadership of Tony Ben and I'll continue
to do it with all my breath if anyone is
persuaded by it I'll be happy there you
go you had your say then finally on the
issue George Galloway