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idea that young women looking to join

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Islamic State a brainwashed or groom is

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wrong and could be dangerous now George

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Galloway has this evening announced his

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intention to run for mayor of London in

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2016 the former East London MP declared

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himself a candidate earlier today on

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social media and he's encouraged

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supporters to get in touch to help the

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campaign and I'm glad to say that George

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Galloway joins us now good evening to

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you good evening to you thank you so

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much for talking to us why are you

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running George well I think that London

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deserves better than the field that's

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already running a kind of donkey Derby

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uh of unimpressive candidates and I

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think that the track record in the

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London meraly first Ken Livingston then

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Boris Johnson shows that people want an

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independent-minded mayor they want

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someone who's not a creature of the

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party machines they want someone who's

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more than a speak gear weight machine

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for the Westminster mainstream the three

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cheeks of the same backside that I

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usually talk about I think that they're

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looking for someone who will stand up

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for ordinary londoners for the

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marginalized communities that have been

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ignored by the mainstream of the British

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political system and I think uh I might

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do quite well and judging by the

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reaction of my enemies on social media

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they're obviously worried about that too

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well I think you know you'll always get

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a reaction George that's something that

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you've done what about those who say uh

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you're a divisive figure who's been

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rejected already in London and you've

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been rejected in Bradford and why have

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you turned up here now what makes you

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think London Wants You Well of course

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we'll discover that in the course of the

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next uh 12 months and more and we'll

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it most of all on polling day so those

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that say that shouldn't be worried if

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they're confident I'm going to lose then

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they have nothing to worry about the

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problem is they're not confident that I

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will lose

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labor the labor party in particular

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knows that there are huge sedes of

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London disillusioned over the last

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decade and more with the new Labor uh

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milk soop politics and that when someone

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offers them real labor red meat they

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might go for it so what did your

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experience your previous experience

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which I imagine must have been a

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chastening one in Beth m green and Bo

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teach you well I I I think you've got

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your facts wrong if you'll forgive me

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saying so uh I stood in Beth m green and

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B only once and I declared that the

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beginning of my term that I would stand

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there only once so uh the evening

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standard should not be relied upon when

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it says I was defeated by rushanara Ali

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MP I never was I never stood against her

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okay well you were defeated in Bradford

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sir I was I've tasted uh defeat as well

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as great uh victories and we'll see what

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happens now what do you think what do

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you think the number one issue is in

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London housing undoubtedly the grotesque

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spectacle of hundreds of thousands of

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properties being pushed out of the reach

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of ordinary londoners including

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essential workers who have to work in

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London but travel uh all the hours that

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God sends in order to get to and from

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work the complete lack of social Housing

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Council house building in the almost in

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the single figure I don't think a

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politician that I've spoken to in the

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last decade who hasn't been able to

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identify it as a problem and I'm really

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happy that you have been I tell you what

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we haven't had is you know a scheme a

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policy an idea to deal with it and

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what's yours you'll have uh uh plenty

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you'll have sled loads of policies give

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us a few from me well I'm about to uh

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bring forward the manifesto for London

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so you'll forgive me if I save that for

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that occasion I'll be speaking up for

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the people who've been ignored and

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marginalized in London and I think that

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your listeners know that I have a track

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record on that but let me give you let

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me give you one let me give you one

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thing uh that I have just tweeted I will

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seek to subsume the city of London

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Police in a New London Police Force the

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city of London Police can catch a

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pickpocket in Liverpool Street Station

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but they appear to have been oblivious

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to the Grand larsy that was going on in

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the city of London whose police force

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they were supposed to be so there's

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something for you a bit of red meet uh

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it will be controversial but it's one of

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the things that I'm going to seek to do

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if I'm elected as mayor and just F

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finally George is it respect that you're

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running as a candidate for respect yes

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we're running a a slate for the London

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assembly in the constituencies and on

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the list and we hope to establish a good

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foothold in that London assembly which

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is largely entirely Unknown by londers

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but picking up lots of wages and

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expenses for doing very little I look

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forward to uh uh talking to you greater

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dep in Greater depth at greater length

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uh in the next year or so that's George

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Galloway who has today announced his

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intention to run as a candidate for

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London mayor the donkey Derby I think he

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called it in terms of the candidates uh

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who have been announced so far get your

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thoughts on gorgeous georgees is often

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referred to as in a little while the

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number O2

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