FRESH from conspiring with Michael Gove to alter Scotland’s voting rules, George Galloway has once again bewildered social media users.
This time, the former Labour MP has compared Nicola Sturgeon to far-right Hungarian ruler Viktor Orban.
In a bonkers letter to the Spectator, co-signed by fellow Alliance for Unity chief Jamie Blackett, Galloway attacks the media for its alleged pro-Sturgeon bias.
He also challenges predictions of an SNP landlside at next year’s election, despite polling analysis forecasting just that.
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The letter, in response to an article by Spectator Scotland editor Alex Massie, reads: “While we agree with his analysis that next year’s Holyrood election will be critical for the Union – an election we have named the ‘the Battle for Britain’ – we disagree with his belief that the SNP is likely to win it.
“The SNP’s current poll lead is caused by a failure to hold Nicola Sturgeon to account by both the Scottish opposition parties and the media. We call on the British media to stop undermining the Union by using Nicola Sturgeon as a rod with which to beat the Brexit government, and to focus instead on the SNP’s deplorable record in government and their extreme intolerance."
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It continues: “We would also like to call on the Scottish Tories, Labour and Liberal Democracts – the so-called Cowdenbeath parties – to work together with the Alliance for Unity to translate the silent, anti-nationalist majority into a majority of seats at Holyrood, as the opposition to Orban is now doing in Hungary. The only obstacle to removing Nicola Sturgeon from power next May in their inflexibility.”
As it stands, no-one has yet deciphered the mysterious “Cowdenbeath parties” reference.
As for obstructing Sturgeon’s election success, we reckon compaing her to a far-right strongman leader isn't a great way to go about it.
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