Full statement from Kate Hudson is here, but the key section is this:
“I cannot in all conscience, stand as candidate for a party whose only MP has made unacceptable and un-retracted statements about the nature of rape. To continue as Respect Party candidate in this situation, no matter how much I object to and oppose his statements personally, would be in effect to condone what he has said. That is something I am not prepared to do.”
That follows Respect Party leader Salma Yaqoob’s statement that
“George Galloway’s comments on what constitutes rape are deeply disappointing and wrong.”
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