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September 11, 2012 10:22 pm

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Salma Yaqoob – until this evening the leader of George Galloway’s Respect Party – has quit. Her resignation follows Manchester Central candidate skate Hudson’s decision to stand down following Galloway’s comments on Julian Assange and rape. Yaqoob’s statement is below:

“It is with deep regret that I have decided to resign from Respect. The last few weeks have been extremely difficult for everyone in the party. I feel necessary relations of trust and collaborative working have unfortunately broken down. I have no wish to prolong those difficulties, and indeed hope that they may now be drawn to a close.

I remain committed to the principles and values that led me to help found Respect. The policies we have fought for need to be voiced as loud as ever in opposition to a political establishment that remains out of touch with working people.

I would like to thank everyone in the party for their support over the years; I wish everyone the very best for the future and in those common struggles for peace, justice and equality that I am sure we will all continue to be involved in.”

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  • NT86

    Hahahaha. If Galloway is intending to take over, expect the party to simply implode. Not surprised though because he’s such an incorrigible and nasty character who makes everyone uneasy.

    Could she be moving to the Green party?

  • Jeremy_Preece

    For all his hype, the real George Galloway is a very nasty bit of work. His remarks about rape are a crack in the facase that gives us an insight as to what he is really like.
    What goes around comes around. Let’s hope that his popularity with voters also fades.

  • Daniel Speight

    Seems that a sensible district organizer would at this moment be trying to recruit Yaqoob. After all if Labour is a broad enough church to have included the likes of Luke Bozier and even now includes the Sainsbury gang, one ex-revolutionary community leader shouldn’t be a problem.

  • Redshift1

    We should be making strong and immediate moves to get her to come over to us. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Graeme-Hancocks/1156294498 Graeme Hancocks

    Glad she has seen sense. Galloway is awful

  • PaulHalsall

    She is very very good on TV and much better than that blowhard, Galloway.  Labour should really welcome here into our ranks.

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