KHOODEELAAR! constitutional law action programme against Crossrail hole plot: the 'local' MP [70]

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In January 2006 KHOODEELAAR! had published a number of comments about the Blaired Party propaganda over George Galloway's reported presence in the Channel 4 -End'emall'Big Brother House'. We had done so without making any contacts with George Galloway or his associates.

As stated in the past items, 'George Galloway' was being attacked in the media on Blair's behalf and on the falsely stated ground that he had been neglecting his constituents by being away from the House of Commons where the 'Crossrail Bill' was being debated.

KHOODEELAAR! being the campaign that made 'CrossRail' AT ALL topical in the UK media, we took the initiative and defended Galloway most extensively.

The ONLY UK-wide awareness of ANY campaign going on in George Galloway’s constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow is KHOODEELAAR! The same was the case in January 2006.

We then put a number of Questions to George Galloway’s office. Most of those questions were not answered. Nearly 3 years on, they remain unanswered. We shall go through the key questions and comments in the series of updates we begin today.

One communication we did receive on George Galloway’s behalf was dated 17 January 2006:


Here it is in full:

Tuesday, 17 January, 2006 6:53 PM
Following a telephone inquiry last week with a representative from your group with reference to this matter, I write to confirm what was stated during our telephone conversation:
Last Thursday a private select committee sat to discuss Crossrail. As it is a quasi judicial committee, no MP with an interest in Crossrail-such as Mr Galloway-is eligible to sit on this committee. Furthermore, the hearing last Thursday was private; public sittings to hear evidence will commence later this month, and Mr Galloway will be attending to represent the views of his constituents.
Two technical motions relating to Crossrail were put before the House last Thursday; the first with reference to the remit of the select committee; and the second, to consider whether those MPs who failed to deposit their petitions against the Crossrail bill should be allowed to do so out of time. Mr Galloway submitted a petition against the bill in September 2005 having consulted local residents and anti cross rail groups in Tower Hamlets to ensure the voices of the local residents are represented during consideration of the bill. This petition will be considered during the forthcoming public select committee hearings. There was no important debate or vote on Crossrail last week; the two technical motions as previously mentioned have not made any changes to Crossrail. As it stands, the bill is in committee stage; when the bill returns to the House for it's third reading, I can assure you Mr Galloway will be there to oppose it as he did during the second reading debate on 19th July 2005.
Kind regards.
Yasmin Ataullah
Office of George Galloway MP'