You’ve got to hand it to Just Stop Oil: just when you think you’ve seen the last of the climate protest group, up they pop again. The eco-activists gave George Galloway a not-so-warm welcome back to Parliament, heckling the newly-crowned MP for Rochdale during his victory speech.
Galloway was mid-flow in his speech, declaring bullishly, ‘Keir Starmer – this is for Gaza’, when a spray of orange confetti fluttered towards Galloway – but didn’t quite hit its target.
Undeterred, a Just Stop Oil protester then began shouting: ‘George Galloway, you are a climate change denier! You said in the hustings that you want to extract oil and gas from the North Sea…’
The heckling stopped Galloway mid-speech, but his supporters were having none of it. The protester was cut off by audience members who shouted at them to ‘be quiet’ and ‘get out’, before starting a chant of ‘Galloway, Galloway!’
What a way to return to Westminster…
"Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza"
George Galloway gives his victory speech in Rochdale, saying Labour's leader will "pay a high price", shortly before a climate protester interrupts
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