Gorgeous George should show his gourmet credentials again
George Galloway’s eye for an opportunity is uncanny. The strike at the Heathrow caterer Gate Gourmet is the latest bandwagon onto which members of his Respect party have piled to extract publicity.
The move has provoked anger from Piara Khabra, the local MP, who complains the dispute is being “hijacked” by elements of the hard left. “They are trying to push ideological arguments that are just not possible,” says Khabra, who represents many pickets. “They just want to exploit the situation.”
A spokesman for Respect confirmed that members had taken it upon themselves as individuals to show solidarity with the workers, who were sacked by the airline subcontractor earlier this month. It comes a week after it emerged that the spokesman for the family of the Brazilian man shot dead by police at Stockwell Underground station was none other than a member of Galloway’s Commons staff.
The Respect MP, an avowed champagne socialist, has a penchant for good food. Perhaps a fine gesture would be to give each striker a box of Quality Street chocolates — his present to Saddam Hussein.
