To make it clear: I am not an ardent supporter of curbing the right to free speech, even in cases like this one. However, the story is worth reading as a reminder of who (or what) The Spiv is representing so faithfully.
The comments to the article are worth a browse too, if I may suggest.
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I remember a debate between Galloway and Hitchens. at one point Galloway (who was being torn up by Hitchens) blurted out that Hitch made his home in a bottle. If I remember right Hitchens replied "It may be true I am a drunk, but at least I don't follow at the heel of every dictator to see what kennel I would sleep for the night."
That may be the encounter in which Galloway labelled Hitch a drunken Trotskyite popinjay, which is about the depth of Galloway's actual "debating skills".
As for the "no platform policy", Galloway still has no shortage of venues, and public institutions are under no obligation to host serial offenders like GG who actually should have been punted out of the Commons long ago for his funding of HAMAS, an act which really boils down to contempt of British law.
I think that's the one I remember. My memory and my looks have become iffy over the years. I will say George does do a good job qualifying as a vile person.
Yep, this is definitely that one. Galloway could have done much better by staying out of encounters with Hitch. Completely different mental weight categories.
Vile is as good a definition as many others that come to mind, yes.
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