[One PR vulnerability is Galloway's personal life. It's probably just as well that his wife didn't appear in the Senate yesterday as a character witness.]
May 01, 2005
Galloway’s wife seeks divorce on election eve
Nick Fielding
GEORGE GALLOWAY, the controversial leader of the Respect party, is facing a damaging divorce action on the eve of the election.
His Palestinian-born wife questions how he can call the party Respect when she claims he has been disrespectful to her by having a series of friendships with other women.
Amineh Abu-Zayyad has told The Sunday Times she can no longer tolerate his behaviour and will be contacting solicitors this week.
She says she has received a number of phone calls from women who claim to have had romantic links with him. She adds that Galloway has tried to smooth things over by telling her it is a plot by an unnamed intelligence service to discredit him. ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1592907,00.html>
Galloway's reaction at <http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=536252005>
Carl