10/06/2013
George Galloway Considers Run For London Mayor
Controversial MP George Galloway is reported to be considering running for London mayor.
The MP for Bethnal West reportedly told a TV interviewer that he has a team “looking at the prospect of [me] running for Mayor of London at the next election.
Speaking to RT’s Max Keiser he said: “I’d like to fight Boris Johnson, and I think David Cameron probably wishes I’d be fighting Boris Johnson because if I’m not, Boris Johnson is back in Parliament fighting him.”
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The MP for Bethnal West reportedly told a TV interviewer that he has a team “looking at the prospect of [me] running for Mayor of London at the next election.
Speaking to RT’s Max Keiser he said: “I’d like to fight Boris Johnson, and I think David Cameron probably wishes I’d be fighting Boris Johnson because if I’m not, Boris Johnson is back in Parliament fighting him.”
(MH/CD)
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