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My date with George Galloway
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Later this morning I shall be at Lords Cricket Ground - not to watch cricket but to attend the annual AITS & Tobacco Trade Lunch. (AITS stands for Association of Independent Tobacco Specialists.)
This is the event that Boris Johnson spoke at last year - a fact seized upon by his opponents in the mayoral election as evidence that Boris was somehow in cahoots with the tobacco industry.
This year's speaker - for reasons known only to the organisers - is George Galloway. Heaven knows what the MP for Bethnal Green & Bow will talk about, but whatever it is I'll let you know.
The fun starts with a champagne reception on The Pavilion Roof Terrace, followed by lunch in the Thomas Lord Suite. It's a tough life etc.
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Reader Comments (5)
Well I hope you have a nice time Simon and some constructive discussion. I've not really followed much of George Galloway so I can't really comment on him, but at least he didn't vote for this stupid ban.
I asume that George Galloway would be anti-smoking, as he represents a group that does not allow smoking or drinking.
George Galloway happens to smoke cigars, and made a point of lighting up in the States at the senate hearing he attended, to the astonishment of those around him. He is probably the most eloquent and fearless speaker we have in Britain. It's a pity he doesn't speak out against the ban, as he despises everything NuLabour stands for.
Galloway was absent for the ban-vote [as he is absent for most other votes]. I remember being disappointed by this at the time, as I enjoyed his re-normalisation of cigar-smoking.
Simon, I will be really interested to hear what he says. When I was hoodwinked my the Iraq WMD fiasco (as I was by the Passive Smoking myth) I used to think that George Galloway was a (2 sylabuls, sounds like Dosser). Since that time, I have become increasingly fascinated by what he says. At one point, I was tempted to write to him and ask his views about the SBE, something I never did.
By the way chas, what is this group that does not allow smoking or drinking?